A variant within the FTO confers susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

To explore novel genetic loci for diabetic nephropathy, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for diabetic nephropathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. We analyzed the association of 5,768,242 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes, 2...

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Main Authors: Taira, M, Imamura, M, Takahashi, A, Kamatani, Y, Yamauchi, T, Araki, S, Tanaka, N, van Zuydam, N, Ahlqvist, E, Toyoda, M, Umezono, T, Kawai, K, Imanishi, M, Watada, H, Suzuki, D, Maegawa, H, Babazono, T, Kaku, K, Kawamori, R, Summit Consortium, Groop, L, McCarthy, M, Kadowaki, T, Maeda, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2018