| Title |
Plasma Metabolomics Reveal Alterations of Sphingo- and Glycerophospholipid Levels in Non-Diabetic Carriers of the Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Polymorphism rs7903146
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0078430 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cornelia Then, Simone Wahl, Anna Kirchhofer, Harald Grallert, Susanne Krug, Gabi Kastenmüller, Werner Römisch-Margl, Melina Claussnitzer, Thomas Illig, Margit Heier, Christa Meisinger, Jerzy Adamski, Barbara Thorand, Cornelia Huth, Annette Peters, Cornelia Prehn, Ina Heukamp, Helmut Laumen, Andreas Lechner, Hans Hauner, Jochen Seissler |
| Abstract |
Polymorphisms in the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene have been shown to display a powerful association with type 2 diabetes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate metabolic alterations in carriers of a common TCF7L2 risk variant. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 12% |
| Professor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 9 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 18% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 12 | 24% |