title: Association of genetic variant of the glucose transporter with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: A DNA sequence polymorphism, revealed by digestion of genomic DNA with the endonuclease Xba1 and hybridisation with a complementary DNA clone for a human glucose transporter, yields two alleles (sizes 6.2 kbp, the X1 allele; or 5.9 kbp, the X2 allele). The genotype frequencies were investigated in three non-insulin-dependent diabetic populations. The frequencies (%) of X1.X1, X1.X2, and X2.X2 were 13, 51, and 36 among 89 North European diabetic subjects, and 8, 38, 54 among their 104 controls (chi 2 test p less than 0.02; G-test p less than 0.02). For 53 South European diabetic patients the frequencies were 19, 50, 31, and for their 41 controls they were 2, 58, 40 (chi 2 test p less than 0.02; G-test p less than 0.01). The corresponding figures were 6, 55, 39 for 45 Japanese patients and 0, 28, 72 for a further 49 controls (chi 2 test p less than 0.01; G-test p less than 0.001). The occurrence of the association of the X1 allele with diabetes in three separate populations suggests that the polymorphic site may be close to a diabetogenic locus on chromosome 1.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D001345:Autoradiography; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007564:Japan; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D004247:DNA