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In order to determine the possible contribution of the GLUT1 (HepG2) glucose transporter gene to the inheritance of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), two restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) and the related haplotypes at this locus were studied in 48 Italian diabetic patients and 58 normal subjects. Genotype frequencies for the XbaI polymorphism were significantly different between patients and controls (XbaI: χ2 = 9.80, df= 2, P < 0.0079). A significant difference was also found in the allele frequencies between NIDDM patients and controls (χ2 =9.39, df = 1, P < 0.0022), whereas no differences were found for the StuI RFLP. No linkage disequilibrium was detected between the XbaI and StuI RFLPs in this sample. The analysis of the four haplotype frequencies (X1S1, X1S2, X2S1, X2S2) revealed a significant difference between diabetic patients and controls (χ2 = 14.26, df =3, P < 0.002). By comparing single haplotype frequencies, a significant difference between the two groups was found for the X1S1 and X2S2 haplotypes. A two-allele RFLP at the GLUT4 (muscle/adipocyte) glucose transporter gene, detected with the restriction enzyme KpnI, was also examined; no differences were found between patients and controls for this RFLP. The finding of an association between polymorphic markers at the GLUT1 transporter and NIDDM suggests that this locus may contribute to the inherited susceptibility to the disease in this Italian population.
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Baroni, M.G., Oelbaum, R.S., Pozzilli, P. et al. Polymorphisms at the GLUT1 (HepG2) and GLUT4 (muscle/adipocyte) glucose transporter genes and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Hum Genet 88, 557–561 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219344
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