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Nature Genetics  13, 161 - 166 (1996)
doi:10.1038/ng0696-161

A genome−wide search for human non−insulin−dependent (type 2) diabetes genes reveals a major susceptibility locus on chromosome 2

C.L. Hanis1, E. Boerwinkle1, R. Chakraborty1, D.L. Ellsworth1, P. Concannon2, B. Stirling2, V.A. Morrison2, B. Wapelhorst2, R.S. Spielman3, K.J. Gogolin-Ewens3, J.M. Shephard3, S.R. Williams3, N. Risch4, D. Hinds4, N. Iwasaki5, M. Ogata5, Y. Omori5, C. Petzold6, H. Rietzsch6, H.-E. Schröder6, J. Schulze6, N.J. Cox7, S. Menzel7, V.V. Boriraj7, X. Chen7, L.R. Lim7, T. Lindner7, L.E. Mereu7, Y.-Q. Wang7, K. Xiang7, K. Yamagata7, Y. Yang7 & G.I. Bell7

  1Human Genetics Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, RO.Box20334, Houston, Texas 77030, USA

  2Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98101, and Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA

  3Departmentof Genetics, University ofPennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

  4Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5120, USA

  5Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo 162, Japan

  6Department of Internal Medicine III, University Clinic Carl Gustav Cams of the Technical University, Dresden, Germany

  7HHMIand Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC1028, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA

Non−insulin−dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is a common disorder of middle−aged individuals characterized by high blood glucose levels which, if untreated, can cause serious medical complications and lead to early death. Genetic factors play an important role in determining susceptibility to this disorder. However, the number of genes involved, their chromosomal location and the magnitude of their effect on NIDDM susceptibility are unknown. We have screened the human genome for susceptibility genes for NIDDM using non− and quasi-parametric linkage analysis methods in a group of Mexican American affected sib pairs. One marker, D2S725, showed significant evidence of linkage to NIDDM and appears to be a major factor affecting the development of diabetes mellitus in Mexican Americans. We propose that this locus be designated NIDDM1.

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