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Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes
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Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution
We recently described an association between risk of type 2diabetes and variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2; formerly TCF4), with a population attributable risk (PAR) of 17%–28% in three po...
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A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes
We conducted a genome-wide association study for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Icelandic cases and controls, and we found that a previously described variant in the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2) gene con...
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Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes
We performed a genome-wide association scan to search for sequence variants conferring risk of prostate cancer using 1,501 Icelandic men with prostate cancer and 11,290 controls. Follow-up studies involving th...