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Common variants in WFS1 confer risk of type 2 diabetes

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Sandhu, Manjinder S, Weedon, Michael N, Fawcett, Katherine A, Wasson, Jon, Debenham, Sally L, Daly, Allan, Lango, Hana, Frayling, Timothy M, Neumann, Rosalind J, Sherva, Richard, Blech, Ilana, Pharoah, Paul D, Palmer, Colin N A, Kimber, Charlotte, Tavendale, Roger, Morris, Andrew D, McCarthy, Mark I, Walker, Mark, Hitman, Graham, Glaser, Benjamin, Permutt, M Alan, Hattersley, Andrew T, Wareham, Nicholas J, Barroso, Inês·2007·Nature Genetics

Abstract

We studied genes involved in pancreatic β cell function and survival, identifying associations between SNPs in WFS1 and diabetes risk in UK populations that we replicated in an Ashkenazi population and in additional UK studies. In a pooled analysis comprising 9,533 cases and 11,389 controls, SNPs in WFS1 were strongly associated with diabetes risk. Rare mutations in WFS1 cause Wolfram syndrome; using a gene-centric approach, we show that variation in WFS1 also predisposes to common type 2 diabetes.

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Sandhu, M. S., Weedon, M. N., Fawcett, K. A., Wasson, J., Debenham, S. L., Daly, A., Lango, H., Frayling, T. M., Neumann, R. J., Sherva, R., Blech, I., Pharoah, P. D., Palmer, C. N. A., Kimber, C., Tavendale, R., Morris, A. D., McCarthy, M. I., Walker, M., Hitman, G., Glaser, B., Permutt, M. A., Hattersley, A. T., Wareham, N. J., & Barroso, I.
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2007-07-01
Volume
39
Issue
8
Pages
951-953
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
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W2004299376
Cited by
381
References
14
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23.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Sandhu, M. S., Weedon, M. N., Fawcett, K. A., Wasson, J., Debenham, S. L., Daly, A., Lango, H., Frayling, T. M., Neumann, R. J., Sherva, R., Blech, I., Pharoah, P. D., Palmer, C. N. A., Kimber, C., Tavendale, R., Morris, A. D., McCarthy, M. I., Walker, M., Hitman, G., . . . Barroso, I. (2007). Common variants in WFS1 confer risk of type 2 diabetes. Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng2067

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