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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="author" lang="en_US">An, Si Sandy</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="accessioned">2012-06-12T08:35:55Z</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="available">2013-06-12T08:30:11Z</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="issued" lang="en_US">2012</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="identifier" qualifier="uri">https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/37273</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="en_US">Type 2 Diabetes is a complex disease characterized by a combination of environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors. This study seeks to explore the genetic component of diabetes risk through evaluation of a candidate gene, ADIPOQ, encoding the adiponectin protein. Adiponectin is an adipocytokine that has been implicated in a wide variety of biomedical pathways, including glucose homeostasis and energy metabolism.</dim:field>
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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="publisher" lang="en_US">Wake Forest University</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">adiponectin</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">adiposity</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">glucose homeostasis</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">proportion of variance</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">rare variants</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">type 2 diabetes</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="title" lang="en_US">GENETIC VARIANTS OF ADIPOQ AND ASSOCIATION WITH PLASMA ADIPONECTIN LEVELS, TYPE 2 DIABETES, GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS AND ADIPOSITY</dim:field>
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   <dim:field mdschema="thesis" element="contributor" qualifier="committeeMember" lang="en_US">Antinozzi, Peter A</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="thesis" element="contributor" qualifier="committeeMember" lang="en_US">Wang, Yuh-Hwa</dim:field>
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   <dim:field mdschema="thesis" element="embargo" qualifier="terms" lang="en_US">2013-06-12</dim:field>
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