An interesting article that goes on about a specific genetic variant that puts individuals of Asian ancestry at risk of developing diabetes — but not their European counterparts
Shiro Maeda of the RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine in Yokohama points out that the relative importance of these mechanisms appears to differ between Eastern and Western populations. “Accumulating clinical evidence suggests that disability of insulin secretion contributes more to the pathogenesis of Japanese type 2 diabetes,” he says, “whereas insulin resistance seems more important for European type 2 diabetes.”
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/roads_diabetes_165059.html
Shiro Maeda of the RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine in Yokohama points out that the relative importance of these mechanisms appears to differ between Eastern and Western populations. “Accumulating clinical evidence suggests that disability of insulin secretion contributes more to the pathogenesis of Japanese type 2 diabetes,” he says, “whereas insulin resistance seems more important for European type 2 diabetes.”
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/roads_diabetes_165059.html
