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SUBMITTER: Onuma H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3554371 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Onuma Hiroshi H Tabara Yasuharu Y Kawamura Ryoichi R Ohashi Jun J Nishida Wataru W Takata Yasunori Y Ochi Masaaki M Nishimiya Tatsuya T Kawamoto Ryuichi R Kohara Katsuhiko K Miki Tetsuro T Osawa Haruhiko H
Diabetes 20121127 2
Resistin is an adipokine secreted from adipocytes in mice. We previously reported that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) -420 (rs1862513) in the human resistin gene (RETN), is correlated with plasma resistin. Decorin is a multifunctional proteoglycan, and its isoform, lacking 14 amino acids from the N terminal region of mature core decorin, recently was identified as a resistin receptor in mice. To examine whether SNPs in the vicinity of the human decorin gene (DCN) are associated with plas ...[more]