Diabetic Goto Kakizaki rats as well as type 2 diabetic patients show a decreased diurnal serum melatonin level and an increased pancreatic melatonin-receptor status - PubMed (original) (raw)

A variant near MTNR1B is associated with increased fasting plasma glucose levels and type 2 diabetes risk.

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