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We examined whether the common polymorphisms of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) gene are associated with Type 2 diabetes or obesity in the Korean population. We genotyped two common PPARγ polymorphisms (Pro12Ala and 161C > T) and examined their association with the clinical phenotypes found in 684 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and 291 non-diabetic control subjects. The 12Ala allele was less frequent in the Type 2 diabetic patients than in the non-diabetic control subjects (0.036 vs. 0.053, P = 0.024). The allele frequencies of the 161C > T polymorphism did not differ between the control and Type 2 diabetic group (0.158 vs. 0.173). In the non-diabetic controls, those with the T allele had lower BMI and fasting serum triglyceride (TG) concentrations than those with the C/C homozygote (22.7 ± 2.9 vs. 23.8 ± 3.2 kg/m2, P = 0.002; 1.45 ± 0.81 vs. 1.65 ± 0.83 mmol/l, P = 0.03, respectively). The 12Ala-161T haplotype was associated with a decreased risk for Type 2 diabetes (OR = 0.47, P = 0.009), whereas the 12Pro-161T haplotype was associated with lower BMI and lower fasting serum TG (22.5 ± 2.8 vs. 23.7 ± 3.2 kg/m2, P = 0.004; 1.41 ± 0.87 vs. 1.64 ± 0.79 mmol/l, P = 0.02, respectively). The PPARγ 12Ala allele was associated with a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes, whereas the PPARγ 161T allele was associated with lower BMI and fasting serum TG concentrations in the Korean subjects. The subjects with 12Ala-161T haplotypes had a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes. Diabet. Med. 22, 1161–1166 (2005) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To investigate any association between Type 2 diabetes mellitus and two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the adiponectin gene, T45G and G276T, in the Korean population.We genotyped 427 non-diabetic controls and 493 Type 2 diabetic patients for SNPs T45G and G276T of adiponectin gene, measured plasma adiponectin concentrations, and examined clinical parameters in Koreans.There were no statistically significant differences in allele frequencies of SNPs 45 and 276 comparing control with Type 2 diabetic subjects (T frequency 68.3% vs. 71.6%,P = 0.13 for SNP45, G frequency 72.2% vs. 68.9%,P = 0.12 for SNP276). The genotype distributions of these SNPs had no association with the risk of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic parameters of insulin resistance. Plasma levels of adiponectin were not statistically different according to T45G and G276T either, in both control and Type 2 diabetic subjects.The T45G and G276T of the adiponectin gene may not be an important determinant of Type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance in Korean subjects.Diabet. Med. 22, 569–575 (2005) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We investigated five single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) promoter, the distribution of five-locus TNF-α haplotypes, and extended human leukocyte antigen (HLA)/TNF-α haplotypes in 200 parents from 100 unrelated Korean families. TNF-α SNPs were typed using polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) methods. The frequencies of −1031C, −863A, −857T, −308A, and −238A alleles were 0.185, 0.145, 0.140, 0.060, and 0.040, respectively. The allele frequencies in Koreans were similar to those of Japanese. A total of five TNF-α haplotypes (−1031/−863/−857/−308/−238) were detected in 196 parents: TCCGG (frequency 0.617), CACGG (0.143), TCTGG (0.143), TCCAG (0.061), and CCCGA (0.036). Five most common extended HLA/TNF-α haplotypes (frequencies >0.020) accounted for 16% (63/392) of the total haplotypes. A total of 223 HLA haplotypes and 239 HLA/TNF-α haplotypes were detected, indicating that most HLA haplotypes are exclusively associated with particular TNF-α haplotypes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]