Nearly half of all adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) live in India and China. These
populations have an underlying predisposition to deficient insulin secretion, which has a key …

Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases worldwide, projected to affect 693 million
adults by 2045. Devastating macrovascular complications (cardiovascular disease) and …

Obesity is the most common cause of insulin resistance, and the current obesity epidemic is
driving a parallel rise in the incidence of T2DM. It is now widely recognized that chronic …

We expanded GWAS discovery for type 2 diabetes (T2D) by combining data from 898,130
European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels …

The prevalence of diabetes in China has increased rapidly from 0.67% in 1980 to 10.4% in
2013, with the aging of the population and westernization of lifestyle. Since its foundation in …

Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 240
loci that are associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D),; however, most of these loci have been …

The genetic architecture of common traits, including the number, frequency, and effect sizes
of inherited variants that contribute to individual risk, has been long debated. Genome-wide …

Proper regulation and management of energy, substrate diversity and quantity, as well as
macromolecular synthesis and breakdown processes, are fundamental to cellular and …

Increasing evidence indicates that metabolic disorders in offspring can result from the
father's diet, but the mechanism remains unclear. In a paternal mouse model given a high-fat …

Worldwide globalization and Westernization in social and economic aspects have led to
drastic changes in South Korea during the past several decades. These changes include …