Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A transcription factor that takes part in WNT signaling pathway. The activity of the protein is regulated via its interaction with BETA CATENIN. Transcription factor 7-like 2 protein plays an important role in the embryogenesis of the PANCREAS and ISLET CELLS.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D058118
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							 D12.776.260.730.875 D12.776.660.235.400.800.875 D12.776.664.235.400.800.875 D12.776.930.875.875 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein- Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein
 - Transcription Factor 7 Like 2 Protein
 - T-Cell-Specific Transcription Factor 4
 - T Cell Specific Transcription Factor 4
 - T Cell Transcription Factor 4
 - TCF7L2 Transcription Factor
 - Transcription Factor, TCF7L2
 - T Cell Factor 4
 
  
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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A Genome-Wide Association Study of IVGTT-Based Measures of First-Phase Insulin Secretion Refines the Underlying Physiology of Type 2 Diabetes Variants. Diabetes. 2017 08; 66(8):2296-2309.
															
								 
							
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The study to understand the genetics of the acute response to metformin and glipizide in humans (SUGAR-MGH): design of a pharmacogenetic resource for type 2 diabetes. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0121553.
															
								 
							
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Genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes: recent progress and clinical implications. Diabetes Care. 2009 Jun; 32(6):1107-14.
															
								 
							
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TCF7L2 is associated with type 2 diabetes in nonobese individuals from Tunisia. Pathol Biol (Paris). 2010 Dec; 58(6):426-9.
															
								 
							
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Colon tumor mutations and epigenetic changes associated with genetic polymorphism: insight into disease pathways. Mutat Res. 2009 Jan 15; 660(1-2):12-21.
															
								 
							
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Transcription factor 7-like 2 polymorphism and colon cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Apr; 17(4):978-82.
															
								 
							
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Effects of TCF7L2 polymorphisms on obesity in European populations. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Feb; 16(2):476-82.
															
								 
							
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TCF7L2 rs7903146 variant does not associate with smallness for gestational age in the French population. BMC Med Genet. 2007 Jun 25; 8:37.
															
								 
							
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TCF7L2 is reproducibly associated with type 2 diabetes in various ethnic groups: a global meta-analysis. J Mol Med (Berl). 2007 Jul; 85(7):777-82.
															
								 
							
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Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus and interacts with adiposity to alter insulin secretion in Mexican Americans. Diabetes. 2007 May; 56(5):1481-5.