The genetic contribution to type 1 diabetes

M Bakay, R Pandey, SFA Grant, H Hakonarson - Current diabetes reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To provide an updated summary of discoveries made to date
resulting from genome-wide association study (GWAS) and sequencing studies, and to …

Type 1 diabetes genome‐wide association studies: not to be lost in translation

F Pociot - Clinical & translational immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic studies have identified> 60 loci associated with the risk of developing type 1
diabetes (T1D). The vast majority of these are identified by genome‐wide association …

Genes involved in type 1 diabetes: an update

M Bakay, R Pandey, H Hakonarson - Genes, 2013 - mdpi.com
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a chronic multifactorial disease with a strong genetic component,
which, through interactions with specific environmental factors, triggers disease onset. T1D …

Understanding type 1 diabetes through genetics: advances and prospects

C Polychronakos, Q Li - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
Starting with early crucial discoveries of the role of the major histocompatibility complex,
genetic studies have long had a role in understanding the biology of type 1 diabetes (T1D) …

Genome-wide association studies in type 2 diabetes

MI McCarthy, E Zeggini - Current diabetes reports, 2009 - Springer
Despite numerous candidate gene and linkage studies, the field of type 2 diabetes (T2D)
genetics had until recently succeeded in identifying few genuine disease-susceptibility loci …

Genes affecting β-cell function in type 1 diabetes

T Fløyel, S Kaur, F Pociot - Current diabetes reports, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a multifactorial disease resulting from an immune-
mediated destruction of the insulin-producing pancreatic β cells. Several environmental and …

The genetics of type 2 diabetes: what have we learned from GWAS?

LK Billings, JC Florez - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been at the forefront of human diseases and phenotypes
studied by new genetic analyses. Thanks to genome‐wide association studies, we have …

Type 2 diabetes: new genes, new understanding

I Prokopenko, MI McCarthy, CM Lindgren - Trends in Genetics, 2008 - cell.com
Over the past two years, there has been a spectacular change in the capacity to identify
common genetic variants that contribute to predisposition to complex multifactorial …

The genetic architecture of type 1 diabetes mellitus

DM Nyaga, MH Vickers, C Jefferies, JK Perry… - Molecular and cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a complex autoimmune disorder characterised by loss of
the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells in genetically predisposed individuals, ultimately …

Genetics of type 2 diabetes: the GWAS era and future perspectives

M Imamura, S Maeda - Endocrine journal, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have facilitated a substantial and rapid rise in the
number of confirmed genetic susceptibility variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Approximately …