Common variants in WFS1 confer risk of type 2 diabetes

Nat Genet. 2007 Aug;39(8):951-3. doi: 10.1038/ng2067. Epub 2007 Jul 1.

Abstract

We studied genes involved in pancreatic beta cell function and survival, identifying associations between SNPs in WFS1 and diabetes risk in UK populations that we replicated in an Ashkenazi population and in additional UK studies. In a pooled analysis comprising 9,533 cases and 11,389 controls, SNPs in WFS1 were strongly associated with diabetes risk. Rare mutations in WFS1 cause Wolfram syndrome; using a gene-centric approach, we show that variation in WFS1 also predisposes to common type 2 diabetes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Case-Control Studies
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / genetics*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells / cytology
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells / physiology
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • wolframin protein