supported by grants from the Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81102180,No.81072379);Ministry of Health Research Program (No.WKJ2010-2-032);Wuxi Science & Technology Research Program (No.CSE01016);the Priority Academic Program for the Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Plasma lipid abnormalities are implicated in the pathogenic process of type 2 diabetes. The IDE-KIFII-HHEX gene cluster on chromosome 10q23.33 has been identified as a susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes. We hy- ...