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SUBMITTER: McCaffery JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3144193 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McCaffery Jeanne M JM Jablonski Kathleen A KA Franks Paul W PW Dagogo-Jack Sam S Wing Rena R RR Knowler William C WC Delahanty Linda L Dabelea Dana D Hamman Richard R Shuldiner Alan R AR Florez Jose C JC
PloS one 20110726 7
<h4>Aims</h4>TCF7L2 variants have been associated with type 2 diabetes, body mass index (BMI), and deficits in proinsulin processing and insulin secretion. Here we sought to test whether these effects were apparent in high-risk individuals and modify treatment responses.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the potential role of the TCF7L2 rs7903146 variant in predicting resistance to weight loss or a lack of improvement of proinsulin processing during 2.5-years of follow-up participants (N = 2,994) from ...[more]