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ReviewMolecular metabolism2014

Untangling the interplay of genetic and metabolic influences on beta-cell function: Examples of potential therapeutic implications involving TCF7L2 and FFAR1.

Robert Wagner, Harald Staiger, Susanne Ullrich, Norbert Stefan, Andreas Fritsche, Hans-Ulrich Häring

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Review in Molecular metabolism, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Robert WagnerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany ; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
Harald StaigerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany ; Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholz Centre Munich at the University of Tübingen (IDM), Tübingen, Germany ; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
Susanne UllrichDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany ; Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholz Centre Munich at the University of Tübingen (IDM), Tübingen, Germany ; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
Norbert StefanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany ; Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholz Centre Munich at the University of Tübingen (IDM), Tübingen, Germany ; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
Andreas FritscheDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany ; Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholz Centre Munich at the University of Tübingen (IDM), Tübingen, Germany ; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
Hans-Ulrich HäringDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany ; Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholz Centre Munich at the University of Tübingen (IDM), Tübingen, Germany ; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. · DEGerman Center for Diabetes Research · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deteriorating beta-cell function is a common feature of type 2 diabetes. In this review, we briefly address the regulation of beta-cell function, and discuss some of the main determinants of beta-cell failure. We will focus on the role of interactions between the genetic background and metabolic environment (insulin resistance, fuel supply and flux as well as metabolic signaling). We present data on the function of the strongest common diabetes risk variant, the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs7903146 in TCF7L2. As also mirrored by its interaction with glycemia on insulin secretion, this SNP in large part confers resistance against the incretin effect. Genetic influence on insulin secretion also interacts with free fatty acids, as evidenced by data on rs1573611 in FFAR1. Several medications marketed by now or currently under development for diabetes treatment engage these pathways, and therapeutic implications from these findings are soon to be expected.

Indexed as

Beta-cell failureBeta-cell functionFFAR1Gene×environment interactionIncretin resistancePharmacogeneticsTCF7L2

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PMID24749055
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