A genome-wide association scan for acute insulin response to glucose in Hispanic-Americans: the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Family Study (IRAS FS)

Authors :: Steven M. Haffner
Michael Bryer-Ash
Talin Haritunians
Lynne E. Wagenknecht
Nicholette D. Palmer
Y. D.I. Chen
Julie T. Ziegler
Stephen S. Rich
Kent D. Taylor
Carl D. Langefeld
Jerome I. Rotter
Jill M. Norris
Mark O. Goodarzi
Donald W. Bowden
Richard N. Bergman
Source :: Diabetologia. 52:1326-1333
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.
Abstract: Aims/hypothesis This study sought to identify genes and regions in the human genome that are associated with the acute insulin response to glucose (AIRg), an important predictor of type 2 diabetes, in Hispanic-American participants from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Family Study (IRAS FS).

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Insulin
medicine.medical_treatment
Genome-wide association study
Type 2 diabetes
Biology
medicine.disease
Insulin resistance
Endocrinology
Polymorphism (computer science)
Internal medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Internal Medicine
medicine
Pancreatic hormone
Genetic association

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