title: What will diabetes genomes tell us?
abstract: A new generation of genetic studies of diabetes is underway. Following from initial genome-wide association (GWA) studies, more recent approaches have used genotyping arrays of more densely spaced markers, imputation of ungenotyped variants based on improved reference haplotype panels, and sequencing of protein-coding exomes and whole genomes. Experimental and statistical advances make possible the identification of novel variants and loci contributing to trait variation and disease risk. Integration of sequence variants with functional analysis is critical to interpreting the consequences of identified variants. We briefly review these methods and technologies and describe how they will continue to expand our understanding of the genetic risk factors and underlying biology of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, 5096 Genetic Medicine, 120 Mason Farm Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, USA. mohlke@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Mohlke
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics; D059472:Exome; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015894:Genome, Human; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA