An interaction between a FNDC5 variant and obesity modulates glucose metabolism in a Chinese Han population.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the impact of common variants of FNDC5 on type 2 diabetes and clinical traits related to glucose metabolism in a large Chinese population sample. METHODS: Three tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms within the region of the FNDC5 gene were selected and genotyped in 6822...

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Main Authors: Shanshan Tang, Rong Zhang, Feng Jiang, Jie Wang, Miao Chen, Danfeng Peng, Jing Yan, Yuqian Bao, Cheng Hu, Weiping Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4219676?pdf=render