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Polymorphism of the glycogen synthase gene and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the Russian population.

Abstract
Recently, a polymorphism in the glycogen synthase gene was shown to be associated with the development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and identified patients with a strong family history of diabetes and hypertension in the Finnish population. However, no association was found in French and Japanese populations. We investigated the possible association between the XbaI polymorphism of the glycogen synthase gene and NIDDM in the Russian population. One hundred fifty NIDDM patients and 109 healthy controls were studied. In 16 of 150 Russian NIDDM patients (10.7%), the XbaI polymorphism was found, and 17 of 109 controls (15.6%) showed the XbaI polymorphism (P > .05). These results suggest that the XbaI polymorphism of the glycogen synthase gene cannot be used as a marker for NIDDM in the Russian population.
AuthorsG Babadjanova, B Allolio, F Beuschlein, A Chuchalin, M Reincke
JournalMetabolism: clinical and experimental (Metabolism) Vol. 46 Issue 2 Pg. 121-2 (Feb 1997) ISSN: 0026-0495 [Print] United States
PMID9030814 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Glycogen Synthase
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alleles
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (epidemiology, genetics)
  • Glycogen Synthase (genetics)
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Russia (epidemiology)

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