Last Revised:  February 2010

BetaGene Abstracts

1.  Watanabe RM, Langefeld CD, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Hernandez S, Berrios F, Buchanan TA.  beta-cell dysfunction is heritable in Latino families of probands with gestational diabetes.  Am J Hum Genet 69(Suppl):406, 2001.

2.  Watanabe R, Xiang A, Trigo E, Hernandez S, Berrios F, Langefeld C, Kjos S, Ouzunian J, Sacks D, Lawrence J, Buchanan T.  Evidence of genetic predisposition for B-cell dysfunction in Mexican-American families of probands with gestational diabetes.  Diabetes 52(Suppl):A257, 2003.

3.  Watanabe RM, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Hernandez S, Berrios F, Dhanjal SK, Langefeld CD, Kjos SA, Ouzounian J, Sacks DA, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA.  B-cell function is highly heritable in Mexican-American families of probands with gestatonal diabetes.  Diabetologia 46(Suppl 2):A121, 2003.

4.  Watanabe RM, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Hernandez S, Berrios F, Hernandez M, Paredes G, Hernandez J, Wang C, Langefeld CD, Dhanjal SK, Kjos SA, Ouzunian J, Sacks DA, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA.  Heritability of minimal model-derived metabolic parameters is reproducible between tolbutamide and insulin-modified protocols.  Diabetes 53(Suppl 2):A544, 2004.

5.  Watanabe RM, Xiang AH, Allayee H, Hartiala J, Trigo E, Wang C, Berrios F, Hernandez J, Paredes G, Hernandez M, Cercado S, Patel L, Caro J, Kjos SA, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA.  Variation in the P2-promoter region of hepatocyte nuclear factor-4a (HNF4A) is associated with cell function in Mexican American (MA) families of a proband with gestational diabetes (GDM).  Diabetes 54(Suppl 1):A38, 2005.

6.  Black MH, Allayee H, Xiang AH, Kjos SL, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Interaction between variation in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- (PPARG) and hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 (HNF4A) is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) related quantitative traits (QT) in Mexican American (MA) families of a proband with gestational diabetes.  Diabetes, 2006.

7.  Bottini N, Allayee H, Shu Y-H, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Hartiala J, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Genetic variation in acid phosphatase 1 (ACP1) is associated with insulin resistance in Mexican American families of a proband with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).  Diabetes 56(Suppl 1):A490, 2007.

8.  Black M-H, Allayee H, Hartiala J, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Interaction between transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) and glucokinase (GCK) is associated with insulin resistance in Mexican American (MA) families of a proband with gestational diabetes (GDM).  Diabetes 56(Suppl 1):A491, 2007.

9.  Xiang A, Kawakubo M, Watanabe R, Lawrence J, Allayee H, Trigo E, Kjos S, Buchanan TA.  Change in acute insulin response is heritable in Mexican Americans.  Diabetes 56(Suppl 1):A493, 2007.

10.  Shu YH, Hartiala J, Xiang AH, Kawakubo M, Trigo E, Allayee H, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Bottini N, Watanabe RM.  Gender influences the association between variation in the Acid Phosphatase 1 (ACP1) and percent body fat in Mexican Americans.  Am Soc Hum Genet, on-line, http://www.ashg.org/cgi-bin/ashg07s/ashg07?pgmnr=2138&sort=ptimes&sbutton=Detail&absno=21389&sid=363668, 2007.

11.  Black MH, Hartiala J, Xiang A, Trigo E, Kawakubo M, Lawrence J, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM, Allayee H.  Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 (TCF7L2) interacts with Arachidonate 5-Lipoxegenase (5-LO) to decrease fasting insulin (FI) in Mexican Americans (MA).  Am Soc Hum Genet, on-line, http://www.ashg.org/cgi-bin/ashg07s/ashg07?author=watanabe%20r&sort=ptimes&sbutton=Detail&absno=11134&sid=363668, 2007.

12.  Li X, Wijsesuriya H, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Perez-Ospina M, Allayee H, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Variation in Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 mRNA Binding Protein 2 (IMP-2) is associated with adiposity in Mexican Americans (MA).  Am Soc Hum Genet, on-line, http://www.ashg.org/cgi-bin/ashg07s/ashg07?author=watanabe%20r&sort=ptimes&sbutton=Detail&absno=21173&sid=363668, 2007.

13.  Chang AJ, Kline MM, Currie Y, Wijesuriya H, Perez-Ospina M, Hartiala J, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM, H. Allayee.  Allgrove Syndrome in a Mexican-American family is caused by an ancestral mutation derived from North Africa.  Am Soc Hum Genet, on-line, http://www.ashg.org/cgi-bin/ashg07s/ashg07?author=watanabe%20r&sort=ptimes&sbutton=Detail&absno=10514&sid=363668, 2007.

14.  Black MH, Hartiala J, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM, Allayee H.  Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) modifies the association between fat mass- and obesity-associated gene (FTO) and lipids in Mexican Americans (MA).  Diabetes 57(Suppl 1):A61, 2008.

15.  Xiang AH, Beale E, Allayee H, Trigo E, Richey J, Watanabe RM, Buchanan TA.  Variation in Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-4 (HNF4A) is Associated with Changes in beta-cell Compensation in Mexican Americans [Abstract Program Number 86-OR].  Presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, June 2009, New Orleans, LA.

16.  Shu Y-H, Li X, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Kuusisto J, Hartiala J, Swift J, Kawakubo M, Stringham HM, Bonnycastle LL, Lawrence JM, Laakso M, Allayee H, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Effect of Variation in Glucokinase (GCK) and Glucose-6-phosphatase Catalytic Subunit 2 (G6PC2) on Fasting Glucose is Additive, but Determined by their Differential Effects on Insulin Secretion [Abstract Program Number 316-OR].  Presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, June 2009, New Orleans, LA.

17.  Watanabe RM, Conti DV, Cremer N, Allayee H, Lawrence JM, Xiang AH, Buchanan TA.  Leveraging Gene Ontology Information to Identify Gene-gene Interactions Underlying Type 2 Diabetes-related Traits. [Abstract Program Number 757]  Presented at the annual meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, October 2009, Honolulu, HA.

BetaGene Publications

1.  Watanabe RM, Allayee H, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Hartiala J, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA.  Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) is associated with gestational diabetes and interacts with adiposity to alter insulin secretion in Mexican Americans.  Diabetes 56:1481-1485, 2007.  PMID: 17317761

2.  Watanabe RM, Black MH, Xiang AH, Allayee H, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA.  Genetics of GDM and Type 2 Diabetes.  Diabetes Care, 30(Suppl 2):S134-S140, 2007.  PMID: 17596461

3.  Black MH, Fingerlin TE, Allayee H, Zhang W, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Hartiala J, Lehtinen, AB, Haffner SM, Bergman RN, McEachin RC, Kjos SL, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Interaction between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPARG2) and hepatocyte nuclear factor-4a (HNF4A) is associated with insulin sensitivity in Mexican Americans.  Diabetes, 57:1048-1056, 2008.  PMID: 18162503

4.  Chang AJ, Kline MM, Currie Y, Wijesuriya H, Perez-Ospina M, Hartiala J, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM, Allayee H.  Allgrove syndrome in a Mexican American family is caused by an ancestral mutation derived from North Africa.  Clinical Genetics, 73:385-387, 2008.  PMID: 18261130

5.  Li X, Allayee H, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Hartiala J, Lawrence JM, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Variation in IGF2BP2 interacts with adiposity to alter insulin sensitivity in Mexican Americans.  Obesity (Silver Springs), 17:729-736, 2009.  PMID: 19148120

6.  Shu YH, Hartiala J, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Lawrence JM, Allayee H, Buchanan TA, Bottini N, Watanabe RM.  Evidence for sex-specific associations between variation in acid phosphatase locus 1 ACP1 and insulin sensitivity in Mexican Americans.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 94:4094-4102, 2009.  PMID: 19622628

7.  Li X, Shu YH, Xiang AH, Trigo E, Kuusisto J, Hartiala J, Swift AJ, Kawakubo M, Stringham HM, Bonnycastle LL, Lawrence JM, Laakso M, Allayee H, Buchanan TA, Watanabe RM.  Additive effects of genetic variation in GCK and G6PC2 on insulin secretion and fasting glucose.  Diabetes, 58:2946-2953, 2009.  PMID: 19741163



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