Normal allele: CC
A common variant in the KCNQ1 gene cause an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and contribute to the diabetes epidemic.
Polymorphism rs2237897 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
19366866 Association of type 2 diabetes candidate polymorphisms in KCNQ1 with incretin and insulin secretion.
20701788 KCNQ1 gene polymorphisms are associated with lipid parameters in a Chinese Han population.
21602532 Type 2 diabetes risk variants and colorectal cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort and PAGE studies.
21890495 Multi-ethnic studies in complex traits.
22125221 Transethnic meta-analysis of genomewide association studies.
22696034 KCNQ1 SNPS and susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in East Asians with type 2 diabetes.
23271129 Meta-analysis of the effect of KCNQ1 gene polymorphism on the risk of type 2 diabetes.
25516658 Case-control study of diabetes-related genetic variants and pancreatic cancer risk in Japan.
26290879 Association Analysis of Genetic Variants with Type 2 Diabetes in a Mongolian Population in China.
27042264 Genetics of cardiovascular and renal complications in diabetes.
30515958 Pharmacogenetics of type 2 diabetes mellitus, the route toward tailored medicine.
31231424 Genetic and Epigenetic Studies in Diabetic Kidney Disease.