Abstract

Type II Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus affects 3% of Americans and is responsible for a great deal of human morbidity and mortality. Treatment of diabetes and its complication accounts for 1 in 7 dollars spent for health care in the U.S. Diabetes is also a highly inherited disease. However, the genes that are responsible for diabetes and which cause it to run in families are unknown. Recently, technology has been developed which makes it feasible to identify genes causing diabetes, and that is the goal of this research project. Families with multiple diabetic members will be identified, and family members will be studied from a clinical and metabolic perspective. Blood will be obtained so that genes or DNA can be extracted from blood cells. Regions of DNA will the be assessed which are associated with the presence of diabetes in individual family members, and this will indicate that the abnormal gene causing diabetes is located in this region. We will initially concentrate efforts on African-American families with diabetes since diabetes is more common in this racial group making it easier to find the abnormal genes. Once the genes are known, it will be possible to develop effective treatment for diabetes, and this could even suggest ways to prevent or cure the disease.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
5M01RR001070-23
Application #
6119058
Study Section
Project Start
1998-12-01
Project End
1999-11-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
23
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Medical University of South Carolina
Department
Type
DUNS #
183710748
City
Charleston
State
SC
Country
United States
Zip Code
29425

  Publications

Kelly, Clare B; Hookham, Michelle B; Yu, Jeremy Y et al. (2018) Subclinical First Trimester Renal Abnormalities Are Associated With Preeclampsia in Normoalbuminuric Women With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 41:120-127
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Hall, Jordan T; Ebeling, Myla; Shary, Judy R et al. (2018) The relationship between physical activity and vitamin D status in postpartum lactating and formula-feeding women. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 177:261-265
Kelly, Clare B; Hookham, Michelle B; Yu, Jeremy Y et al. (2018) Response to Comment on Kelly et al. Subclinical First Trimester Renal Abnormalities Are Associated With Preeclampsia in Normoalbuminuric Women With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2018;41:120-127. Diabetes Care 41:e102-e103
Bell, Katherine A; Wagner, Carol L; Perng, Wei et al. (2018) Validity of Body Mass Index as a Measure of Adiposity in Infancy. J Pediatr 196:168-174.e1
Sen, Sarbattama; Penfield-Cyr, Annie; Hollis, Bruce W et al. (2017) Maternal Obesity, 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Concentration, and Bone Density in Breastfeeding Dyads. J Pediatr 187:147-152.e1
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Wagner, C L; Baggerly, C; McDonnell, S et al. (2016) Post-hoc analysis of vitamin D status and reduced risk of preterm birth in two vitamin D pregnancy cohorts compared with South Carolina March of Dimes 2009-2011 rates. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 155:245-51
Hollis, Bruce W; Wagner, Carol L (2016) Response to commentary by D Roth. Evid Based Med 21:120
Hollis, Bruce W; Wagner, Carol L; Howard, Cynthia R et al. (2015) Maternal Versus Infant Vitamin D Supplementation During Lactation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics 136:625-34

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