Detailed analysis of variation at and around mitochondrial position 16189 in a large Finnish cohort reveals no significant associations with early growth or metabolic phenotypes at age 31 years.

CONTEXT: Mitochondrial dysfunction is increasingly implicated in pathogenesis of adult metabolic disease. Rare mitochondrial (mt) DNA mutations impair glucose homeostasis, but the contribution of common variants is unclear. In small studies, variation within the OriB origin of replication (at mt1618...

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Main Authors: Das, S, Bennett, A, Sovio, U, Ruokonen, A, Martikainen, H, Pouta, A, Hartikainen, A, Franks, S, Elliott, P, Poulton, J, Järvelin, MR, McCarthy, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007