Genome-wide association study of white blood cell count in 16,388 African Americans: the continental origins and genetic epidemiology network (COGENT).
The 92C>T substitution in the CH2 region consists in an amino acid substitution at codon 31 (proline to leucine, P31L), and was detected in heterozygous status only in one CAD subject.
In conclusion, by itself the Met300Val polymorphism of Shc has no major impact on birth weight and length, insulin sensitivity index, acute glucose-induced insulin secretion, or prevalence of random type 2 diabetes mellitus.