SLC30A8, solute carrier family 30 member 8, 169026

N. diseases: 63; N. variants: 23
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A specific genetic variant, rs13266634 (c.973C>T; p.ARG325TRP) in zinc transporter SLC30A8/ZnT8, is associated with protection against Type-2 Diabetes, suggesting it may be actionable for predicting and preventing POHG. 31220282 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Autoantibodies against ZnT8 are rare in Central-European LADA patients and absent in MODY patients, including those positive for other autoantibodies. 30377089 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A common ZnT8 gene (<i>SLC30A8</i>) polymorphism increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and rare mutations may present protective effects. 30936916 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE However, those with later onset type 1 diabetes had a modestly lower type 1 diabetes genetic risk score (0.268 vs 0.279; p < 0.001 [expected type 2 diabetes population median, 0.231]), a higher islet autoantibody prevalence (GAD-, islet antigen 2 [IA2]- or zinc transporter protein 8 [ZnT8]-positive) of 78% at 13 years vs 62% at 26 years of diabetes duration; (p = 0.02), and were less likely to identify as having type 1 diabetes (79% vs 100%; p < 0.001) vs those with young-onset disease. 30969375 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Loss-of-function mutations in ZnT8 are associated with protection against type-2 diabetes (T2D), but the protective mechanism is unclear. 31591269 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We identify gene-level associations of rare variants (with minor allele frequencies of less than 0.5%) in 4 genes at exome-wide significance, including a series of more than 30 SLC30A8 alleles that conveys protection against T2D, and in 12 gene sets, including those corresponding to T2D drug targets (P = 6.1 × 10<sup>-3</sup>) and candidate genes from knockout mice (P = 5.2 × 10<sup>-3</sup>). 31118516 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power. 30595370 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT Identification of 28 new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population. 30718926 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE These data position ZnT8 as an appealing target for treatment aimed at maintaining insulin secretion capacity in T2D. 31676859 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our study revealed an unexpected role of ZnT8 in regulating peripheral 5-HT biogenesis and intestinal microenvironment, which might contribute to the increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. 30936149 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association between "solute carrier family 30 member 8" (SLC30A8) gene polymorphism and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese Han and minority populations: an updated meta-analysis. 30485937 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Zinc supplementation is considered as an effective means of treating or preventing T2D in people with certain SLC30A8 genotypes. 30756223 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT Exome sequencing of 20,791 cases of type 2 diabetes and 24,440 controls. 31118516 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits. 31217584 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The current study demonstrated a modest but significant effect of SLC30A8 (rs13266634) polymorphisms on T2D predisposition. 31823921 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our group and others showed that altered ZnT8 function may be involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, indicating that the precise control of zinc homeostasis is crucial for maintaining health and preventing various diseases, including lifestyle-associated diseases. 29415457 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes. 29632382 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Thus, variants in the SLC30A8 gene, encoding the vesicular/granular zinc transporter ZnT8, are associated with altered insulin release and increased T2D risk while the zinc importer ZIP12 is implicated in pulmonary hypertension. 29431830 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE The second set of genes LIM homeobox transcription factor 1 alpha (LMX1A), solute carrier family 30 member 8 (SLC30A8) is associated with insulin metabolism and resistance, a feature of some patients in whom type 2 diabetes is an accompanying comorbidity of vestibular neuritis. 30079052 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE <b>Results:</b> Twenty-eight case-control studies with 25,912 cases and 26,975 controls were included for SLC30A8 and T2DM. 30319545 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Solute carrier family 30 member 8 (<i>SLC30A8</i>), encoding the pancreatic zinc transporter ZnT8, is a susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes (T2D). 30181214 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A total of 556 healthy controls and 413 T2DM patients were genotyped for ZnT8 Arg325Trp polymorphism confirming the association of Arg-325 variant with an increased T2DM risk (OR = 1.35 95% C.I: 1.10-1.66; p = 0.0044). 30142362 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT Re-analysis of public genetic data reveals a rare X-chromosomal variant associated with type 2 diabetes. 29358691 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT A Genome-Wide Association Study of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes. 29703844 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Therefore, individuals of Chinese descent with the C allele of <i>SLC30A8</i> gene 807C/T polymorphism may be more susceptible to developing T2DM, while individuals with the T allele may be protected against T2DM. 29875737 2018