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SUBMITTER: Williams A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6582114 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Williams Ariel A Dougal Dara Mc DM Jenkins Willysha W Greene Natasha N Williams-DeVane Clarlynda C Kimbro K Sean KS
Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders 20190509 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>Type 2 diabetes is heterogeneous disease characterized by several conditions including hyperglycemia. It is estimated that over 350 million people worldwide are suffering from type 2 diabetes and this number is expected to rise. According to the CDC, African Americans were observed to have a 40% higher incidence of diabetes compared to European Americans. Epigenetic modulating mechanisms such as microRNAs (miRNAs), have recently been established as a massive regulatory machine in ...[more]