Abstract
Disruption of endogenous circadian rhythms has been shown to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, suggesting that circadian genes might play a role in determining disease susceptibility. We present the results of a pilot study investigating the association between type 2 diabetes and selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in/near nine circadian genes. The variants were chosen based on their previously reported association with prostate cancer, a disease that has been suggested to have a genetic link with type 2 diabetes through a number of shared inherited risk determinants.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e32670 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 4 |
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Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2012 |