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SUBMITTER: Wang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854403 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Jinjin J Zhang Jianfeng J Li Linlin L Wang Yan Y Wang Qian Q Zhai Yujia Y You Haifei H Hu Dongsheng D
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas 20130412 4
Our objective was to evaluate the association of rs12255372 in the TCF7L2 gene with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the world population. We carried out a survey of the literature about the effect of rs12255372 on genetic susceptibility to T2DM by consulting PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Embase from 2006 to 2012, and then performed a meta-analysis of all the studies in order to evaluate the association between rs12255372 and T2DM. A total of 33 articles including 42 studies (with 34,076 c ...[more]