Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

mtDNA 16184–16193 poly-C tract does not predispose to type 2 diabetes in the Mauritanian population

  • Letter to Editor
  • Published:
International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Casteels K, Ong K, Phillips D, Bendall H, Pembrey M, ALSPAC study team. Mitochondrial16189 variant, thinness at birth, and type-2 diabetes. Lancet. 1999;353:1499.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Park K, Chan J, Chuang L, Suzuki S, Araki E, Nanjo K, et al. A mitochondrial DNA variant at position 16189 is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Asians. Diabetologia. 2008;51:602.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Chinnery P, Elliott H, Patel S, Lambert C, Keers S, Durham M, et al. Role of the mitochondrial DNA 16184–16193 poly-C tract in type 2 diabetes. Lancet. 2005;366:1650.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Rando J, Pinto F, Gonzalez A, Hernanndez M, Larruga M, Cabrera V, et al. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Northwest African populations reveals genetic exchanges with European, Near-Eastern, and sub-Saharan populations. Ann Hum Genet. 1998;62:531.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, B.P. 5026, Nouakchott, Mauritanie

    G. Meiloud & Ahmed O. Houmeida

  2. Molecular Investigation of Genetic Orphan Diseases Research Unit, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

    R. Kefi, K. Lasram & S. Abdelhak

  3. Centre Hospitalier National, B.P. 4160, Nouakchott, Mauritanie

    I. Abdelhamid

  4. Département de Chimie Biologique, UCAD, Dakar, Senegal

    A. Samb

Authors
  1. G. Meiloud
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. Kefi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. I. Abdelhamid
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. K. Lasram
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. A. Samb
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. S. Abdelhak
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Ahmed O. Houmeida
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ahmed O. Houmeida.

Additional information

As the authors G. Meiloud and R. Kefi have equally contributed to this work.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Meiloud, G., Kefi, R., Abdelhamid, I. et al. mtDNA 16184–16193 poly-C tract does not predispose to type 2 diabetes in the Mauritanian population. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 33, 241–243 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-013-0119-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-013-0119-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation