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Automatically associated channels: Kir1.1 , Kir6.2

Title: Large-scale association studies of variants in genes encoding the pancreatic beta-cell KATP channel subunits Kir6.2 (KCNJ11) and SUR1 (ABCC8) confirm that the KCNJ11 E23K variant is associated with type 2 diabetes.

Authors: Anna L Gloyn, Michael N Weedon, Katharine R Owen, Martina J Turner, Bridget A Knight, Graham Hitman, Mark Walker, Jonathan C Levy, Mike Sampson, Stephanie Halford, Mark I McCarthy, Andrew T Hattersley, Timothy M Frayling

Journal, date & volume: Diabetes, 2003 Feb , 52, 568-72

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12540637

Abstract