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Genomics, Type 2 Diabetes, and Obesity

Mark I. McCarthy
- 08 Dec 2010 - 
- Vol. 363, Iss: 24, pp 2339-2350
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The quickening pace of genetic discovery has resulted in the identification of more than 80 loci with proven roles in development of monogenic and multifactorial forms of nonautoimmune diabetes and obesity.
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The quickening pace of genetic discovery has resulted in the identification of more than 80 loci with proven roles in development of monogenic and multifactorial forms of nonautoimmune diabetes and obesity.

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Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

Heribert Schunkert, +166 more
- 01 Apr 2011 - 
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Globalization of Diabetes: The role of diet, lifestyle, and genes

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Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

Paul Burton, +195 more
- 07 Jun 2007 - 
TL;DR: This study has demonstrated that careful use of a shared control group represents a safe and effective approach to GWA analyses of multiple disease phenotypes; generated a genome-wide genotype database for future studies of common diseases in the British population; and shown that, provided individuals with non-European ancestry are excluded, the extent of population stratification in theBritish population is generally modest.
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Global and societal implications of the diabetes epidemic

TL;DR: The prevention of diabetes and control of its micro- and macrovascular complications will require an integrated, international approach if the authors are to see significant reduction in the huge premature morbidity and mortality it causes.
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A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

TL;DR: A genome-wide search for type 2 diabetes–susceptibility genes identified a common variant in the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) gene that predisposes to diabetes through an effect on body mass index (BMI).
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