Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

Circulating levels of adiponectin, a hormone produced predominantly by adipocytes, are highly heritable and are inversely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and other metabolic traits. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in 39,883 individuals of European ances...

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Main Authors: Dastani, Zari, Hivert, Marie-France, Timpson, Nicholas, Perry, John R. B., Yuan, Xin, Scott, Robert A., Henneman, Peter, Heid, Iris M., Kizer, Jorge R., Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Fuchsberger, Christian, Tanaka, Toshiko, Morris, Andrew P., Small, Kerrin, Isaacs, Aaron, Beekman, Marian, Coassin, Stefan, Lohman, Kurt, Qi, Lu, Kanoni, Stavroula, Pankow, James S., Uh, Hae-Won, Wu, Ying, Bidulescu, Aurelian, Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Greenwood, Celia M. T., Ladouceur, Martin, Grimsby, Jonna, Manning, Alisa K., Liu, Ching-Ti, Kooner, Jaspal, Mooser, Vincent E., Vollenweider, Peter, Kapur, Karen A., Chambers, John, Wareham, Nicholas J., Langenberg, Claudia, Frants, Rune, Willems-vanDijk, Ko, Oostra, Ben A., Willems, Sara M., Lamina, Claudia, Winkler, Thomas W., Psaty, Bruce M., Tracy, Russell P., Brody, Jennifer, Chen, Ida, Viikari, Jorma, Kähönen, Mika, Pramstaller, Peter P., Evans, David M., St. Pourcain, Beate, Sattar, Naveed, Wood, Andrew R., Bandinelli, Stefania, Carlson, Olga D., Egan, Josephine M., Böhringer, Stefan, van Heemst, Diana, Kedenko, Lyudmyla, Kristiansson, Kati, Nuotio, Marja-Liisa, Loo, Britt-Marie, Harris, Tamara, Garcia, Melissa, Kanaya, Alka, Haun, Margot, Klopp, Norman, Wichmann, H.-Erich, Deloukas, Panos, Katsareli, Efi, Couper, David J., Duncan, Bruce B., Kloppenburg, Margreet, Adair, Linda S., Borja, Judith B., Wilson, James G., Musani, Solomon, Guo, Xiuqing, Johnson, Toby, Semple, Robert, Teslovich, Tanya M., Allison, Matthew A., Redline, Susan, Buxbaum, Sarah G., Mohlke, Karen L., Meulenbelt, Ingrid, Ballantyne, Christie M., Dedoussis, George V., Hu, Frank B., Liu, Yongmei, Paulweber, Bernhard, Spector, Timothy D., Slagboom, P. Eline, Ferrucci, Luigi, Jula, Antti, Perola, Markus, Raitakari, Olli, Florez, Jose C., Salomaa, Veikko, Eriksson, Johan G., Frayling, Timothy M., Hicks, Andrew A., Lehtimäki, Terho, Smith, George Davey, Siscovick, David S., Kronenberg, Florian, van Duijn, Cornelia, Loos, Ruth J. F., Waterworth, Dawn M., Meigs, James B., Dupuis, Josee, Richards, J. Brent
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315470/