{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Hiraoka M"],"funding":["NCRR NIH HHS","NIMHD NIH HHS"],"pagination":["164-7"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3158378"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["70(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>Various Asian and Pacifific Islander groups have higher prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. This increased incidence is likely to include genetic factors. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the retinol binding protein 4 gene have been linked to the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. Hypothesizing a link between retinol binding protein 4 and gestational diabetes, we performed a candidate gene study to look for an association between an important retinol binding protein gene polymorphism (rs3758539) and gestational diabetes.<h4>Study design</h4>Blood was collected from Caucasian, Asian, and Pacific Islander women diagnosed with gestational diabetes and from ethnically matched non-diabetic controls. DNA was extracted and real time PCR technology (TaqMan"],"journal":["Hawaii medical journal"],"pubmed_title":["A polymorphism in the retinol binding protein 4 gene is not associated with gestational diabetes mellitus in several different ethnic groups."],"pmcid":["PMC3158378"],"funding_grant_id":["U54 RR014607","U54 MD007584","R25 RR019321"],"pubmed_authors":["Sultan O","Ward K","Hiraoka M","Urschitz J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A polymorphism in the retinol binding protein 4 gene is not associated with gestational diabetes mellitus in several different ethnic groups.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>Various Asian and Pacifific Islander groups have higher prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. This increased incidence is likely to include genetic factors. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the retinol binding protein 4 gene have been linked to the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. Hypothesizing a link between retinol binding protein 4 and gestational diabetes, we performed a candidate gene study to look for an association between an important retinol binding protein gene polymorphism (rs3758539) and gestational diabetes.<h4>Study design</h4>Blood was collected from Caucasian, Asian, and Pacific Islander women diagnosed with gestational diabetes and from ethnically matched non-diabetic controls. DNA was extracted and real time PCR technology (TaqMan","dates":{"release":"2011-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2011 Aug","modification":"2025-06-01T12:16:30.225Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:43:08Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3158378","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21886308"]}}