Normal allele: CC
The GCKR rs780094 polymorphism is associated with increased fasting serum triacylglycerol, decreased fasting insulinaemia and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. A diet restricting carbohydrates and increasing protein is particularly effective for carriers of the T risk allele.
Polymorphism rs780094 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
17903299 A genome-wide association study for blood lipid phenotypes in the Framingham Heart Study
18521185 Variations in the G6PC2/ABCB11 genomic region are associated with fasting glucose levels.
18587394 Genome-wide association identifies more than 30 different susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease.
18596051 Polygenic determinants of severe hypertriglyceridemia.
18852197 Metabolic and cardiovascular traits: an abundance of recently identified common genetic variants
19060907 Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels
19060910 Genome-wide association analysis of metabolic traits in a birth cohort from a founder population
19060911 Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts.
19161620 An open access database of genome-wide association results
19197348 Genome-wide association studies in an isolated founder population from the Pacific Island of Kosrae
19861489 Replication of the five novel loci for uric acid concentrations and potential mediating mechanisms.
20081857 Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge.
20081858 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk
20162742 Predictive value of 8 genetic loci for serum uric acid concentration.
20228799 Genome-wide association identifies multiple ulcerative colitis susceptibility loci.
20502693 Genetics and beyond--the transcriptome of human monocytes and disease susceptibility.
20668700 Effects of GCK, GCKR, G6PC2 and MTNR1B variants on glucose metabolism and insulin secretion
20805105 Synthetic associations in the context of genome-wide association scan signals
20820957 The Genetics of Insulin Resistance: Where's Waldo?
20886378 Physiologic characterization of type 2 diabetes-related loci
21041806 Genetic determinants of plasma triglycerides.
21091714 The genetics of type 2 diabetes: what have we learned from GWAS?
21149302 Effects of genetic variants on lipid parameters and dyslipidemia in a Chinese population.
21278902 Genetic risk profiling for prediction of type 2 diabetes
21386085 A bivariate genome-wide approach to metabolic syndrome: STAMPEED consortium.
21527746 Triglycerides and heart disease: still a hypothesis?
21700865 Human fatty liver disease: old questions and new insights
21799482 Common genetic variants and central adiposity among Asian-Indians.