Abstract
Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong and colleagues identify a pleiotropic risk locus at 3q21 that is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and greater bone mineral density (BMD) and its associated cell-autonomous mechanisms in adipocytes and osteoblasts. Together, these findings provide a possible explanation for the perplexing finding that individuals with T2D have higher BMD but greater susceptibility to bone fracture.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 615-628.e13 |
Journal | Cell Metabolism |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2 Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- CRISPR-Cas9 variant editing
- osteoblast and adipocyte metabolism
- pleiotropy of type 2 diabetes and bone mineral density
- regulatory genomics
- variant-to-function study
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Molecular Biology
- Physiology
- Cell Biology