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SUBMITTER: Winkler C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3338842 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Winkler Christiane C Raab Jennifer J Grallert Harald H Ziegler Anette-Gabriele AG
PloS one 20120425 4
<h4>Aim</h4>To investigate whether type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes and body weight influence the development of islet autoantibodies and the rate of progression to type 1 diabetes.<h4>Methods</h4>Genotyping for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of the type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes CDKAL1, CDKN2A/2B, FTO, HHEX-IDE, HMGA2, IGF2BP2, KCNJ11, KCNQ1, MTNR1B, PPARG, SLC30A8 and TCF7L2 was obtained in 1350 children from parents with type 1 diabetes participating in the BABYDIAB study. Ch ...[more]