'Jumping gene' diminishes the effect of a new type 2 diabetes risk gene
Friday, July 3, 2009 - 06:07
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Research led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The researchers also found that the corresponding human gene (ZNF642) is especially active in overweight individuals with diabetes. The results of the study, which also involved scientists from the University of Leipzig and the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg, are published 3 July in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics...
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