Genetic epidemiology of diabetes
J. Clin. Invest. M. Alan Permutt, et al. 115:1431 doi:10.1172/JCI24758 [
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Figure 2Diabetes results from an imbalance between the insulin-producing capacity of the islet β cell and the requirement for insulin action in insulin target tissues such as liver, adipose tissue. and skeletal muscle. Some of the many genes that have been shown or could possibly contribute to the imbalance are illustrated.
