Mitochondrial DNA Variation at Position 16189 and Diabetes: Frequency Amongst South Eastern Kenyan Populations
Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and Diabetes Mellitus, and mitochondrial mutations have been reported to be a cause of maternally inherited diabetes and some features of metabolic syndrome. A substitution of thymidine for cytosine [...]
Tags : anthropology, diabetes, dna, epidemiology, juan, kenya, mitochondrial, pablo, Physical
