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DNA polymorphisms in the human tyrosine hydroxylase/insulin/insulin-like growth factor II chromosomal region in
M Sten-Linder1, A Wedell, L Iselius
1Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
The feasibility of disease association studies using polymorphic DNA markers in the tyrosine hydroxylase/insulin/insulin-like growth factor II chromosomal region was indicated by a high degree of linkage disequilibrium found in haplotypes. Haplotypes were resolved in the parents from Scandinavian nuclear families by studying the segregation of eight DNA polymorphisms. Comparison of observed vs expected frequencies of haplotypes, as well as pairwise measures of linkage disequilibrium, indicated a high degree of linkage disequilibrium. Five restriction fragment length polymorphisms linked to the tyrosine hydroxylase/insulin/insulin growth factor II region of chromosome 11 were investigated in relation to Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, and to glucose and insulin responses to glucose infusion in healthy subjects. No significant differences in genotype frequencies between Type 2 diabetic (n = 53) and healthy subjects (n = 106) were found. A significant association (p < 0.001) was initially found between genotypes defined by a PstI polymorphism located 5' of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene and the early glucose response to a standardized glucose infusion test in healthy subjects. However, a follow-up study of 112 healthy individuals failed to confirm this finding.
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