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SUBMITTER: Ohshige T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3202571 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohshige Toshihiko T Iwata Minoru M Omori Shintaro S Tanaka Yasushi Y Hirose Hiroshi H Kaku Kohei K Maegawa Hiroshi H Watada Hirotaka H Kashiwagi Atsunori A Kawamori Ryuzo R Tobe Kazuyuki K Kadowaki Takashi T Nakamura Yusuke Y Maeda Shiro S
PloS one 20111026 10
<h4>Background</h4>Several novel susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes have been identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for type 2 diabetes or quantitative traits related to glucose metabolism in European populations. To investigate the association of the 13 new European GWAS-derived susceptibility loci with type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population, we conducted a replication study using 3 independent Japanese case-control studies.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We ...[more]