ArticleJournal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies2023
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism at rs7903146 of Transcription Factor 7-like 2 gene Among Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Myanmar.
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- Associations of genetic variants in TCF7L2, MC4R, AGT and ACE genes with cardiometabolic diseases in Black South Africans.BMC medical genomics · 2026Article
- Gene polymorphisms and occurrence of type 2 diabetes in a Gabonese population.International journal of biochemistry and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Association ofDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Objectives: To investigate the association between the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs7903146 in the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to examine the impact of this variant on pancreatic beta-cell function in the Myanmar population. Methodology: A case-control study was undertaken in 100 subjects with T2DM and 113 controls. The SNP rs7903146 was genotyped using the allele-specific polymerase chain reaction method. Plasma glucose and serum insulin levels were determined using the enzymatic colorimetric method and ELISA respectively. Beta-cell function was calculated by the HOMA-β formula. Results: The frequencies of carrier genotypes (CT and TT) were higher in subjects with T2DM than in controls. The minor T alleles of rs7903146 were found to statistically increase type 2 diabetes risk than the C allele with an allelic odds ratio of 2.07 (95% CI 1.39-3.09, p=0.0004). The mean HOMA-β level of the group with non-carrier genotype (CC) was significantly higher than that of the groups with carrier genotypes (CT and TT) in subjects with T2DM and controls with a p-value of 0.0003 and less than 0.0001, respectively. Conclusion: The rs7903146 variant of the TCF7L2 gene was found to be associated with T2DM and low β-cell function among Myanmar subjects.
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