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. 2019 Jul 2;30(1):10-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.06.010.

T2D Risk Genes: Exome Sequencing Goes Straight to the Source

Laura C Alonso  1
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T2D Risk Genes: Exome Sequencing Goes Straight to the Source

Laura C Alonso. Cell Metab. .
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Abstract

Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of genomic variants associated with human T2D risk, but translating such findings to clinically useful information has proved challenging. A new study in Nature (Flannick et al., 2019) breaks this gridlock, using direct exome sequencing to identify functional coding variants, providing critical complementary gene-level information.

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  • Exome sequencing of 20,791 cases of type 2 diabetes and 24,440 controls.
    Flannick J, Mercader JM, Fuchsberger C, Udler MS, Mahajan A, Wessel J, Teslovich TM, Caulkins L, Koesterer R, Barajas-Olmos F, Blackwell TW, Boerwinkle E, Brody JA, Centeno-Cruz F, Chen L, Chen S, Contreras-Cubas C, Córdova E, Correa A, Cortes M, DeFronzo RA, Dolan L, Drews KL, Elliott A, Floyd JS, Gabriel S, Garay-Sevilla ME, García-Ortiz H, Gross M, Han S, Heard-Costa NL, Jackson AU, Jørgensen ME, Kang HM, Kelsey M, Kim BJ, Koistinen HA, Kuusisto J, Leader JB, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu J, Lyssenko V, Manning AK, Marcketta A, Malacara-Hernandez JM, Martínez-Hernández A, Matsuo K, Mayer-Davis E, Mendoza-Caamal E, Mohlke KL, Morrison AC, Ndungu A, Ng MCY, O'Dushlaine C, Payne AJ, Pihoker C; Broad Genomics Platform; Post WS, Preuss M, Psaty BM, Vasan RS, Rayner NW, Reiner AP, Revilla-Monsalve C, Robertson NR, Santoro N, Schurmann C, So WY, Soberón X, Stringham HM, Strom TM, Tam CHT, Thameem F, Tomlinson B, Torres JM, Tracy RP, van Dam RM, Vujkovic M, Wang S, Welch RP, Witte DR, Wong TY, Atzmon G, Barzilai N, Blangero J, Bonnycastle LL, Bowden DW, Chambers JC, Chan E, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Collins FS, de Vries PS, Duggirala R, Glaser B, Gonzalez C, Gonzalez ME, Groop L, Kooner JS, Kwak SH… See abstract for full author list ➔ Flannick J, et al. Nature. 2019 Jun;570(7759):71-76. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1231-2. Epub 2019 May 22. Nature. 2019. PMID: 31118516 Free PMC article.

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