title: Prevalence of beta allele of the insulin gene in type II diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Fifty-two patients and 36 controls were compared in a search for insulin gene variants among type II diabetic patients with fasting hyperinsulinemia (above 90 microU/ml) and a fasting C-peptide to insulin molar ratio between 1.11 and 1.50. Alpha and beta alleles of the insulin gene were characterized by restriction analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products and direct sequencing. The more frequent occurrence of the alpha allele of the insulin gene within the control population as compared with a prevalence of the beta allele in the diabetic patients (P, 0.05) was observed. The beta allele, usually described as the rare allele, seems to be associated with the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Medical Academy, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Horst-Sikorska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zoll
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Willms
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kraszewski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Horst
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slomski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D002096:C-Peptide; D007328:Insulin; D004247:DNA; C024388:CTGCAG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific