Association of new loci identified in European genome-wide association studies with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in the Japanese.

<h4>Background</h4>Several novel susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes have been identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for type 2 diabetes or quantitative traits related to glucose metabolism in European populations. To investigate the association of the 13 new Euro...

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Main Authors: Toshihiko Ohshige, Minoru Iwata, Shintaro Omori, Yasushi Tanaka, Hiroshi Hirose, Kohei Kaku, Hiroshi Maegawa, Hirotaka Watada, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Ryuzo Kawamori, Kazuyuki Tobe, Takashi Kadowaki, Yusuke Nakamura, Shiro Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22046406/?tool=EBI