Type 2 Diabetes Prevention
Investigators at Eberhard-Karls University publish new data on type 2 diabetes prevention
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 29th, 2010
Fresh data on type 2 diabetes are presented in the report 'Gene variants of TCF7L2 influence weight loss and body composition during lifestyle intervention in a population at risk for type 2 diabetes.' According to a study from Tubingen, Germany, "The impact of the diabetes risk gene transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) on body weight is unclear. As TCF7L2 is expressed in adipose tissue and involved in Wnt-dependent regulation of adipogenesis, we studied the impact of TCF7L2 variants on body composition and weight loss during lifestyle intervention."
"We genotyped 309 German subjects at increased risk for type 2 diabetes for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...
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