New animal models reveal that coenzyme Q2 (Coq2) and placenta-specific 8 (Plac8) are candidate genes for the onset of type 2 diabetes associated with obesity in rats

Genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and obesity: from genome-wide association studies to rare variants and beyond

(2014) Niels Grarup et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Novel CoQ10 Antidiabetic Mechanisms Underlie Its Positive Effect: Modulation of Insulin and Adiponectine Receptors, Tyrosine Kinase, PI3K, Glucose Transporters, sRAGE and Visfatin in Insulin Resistant/Diabetic Rats

(2014) Mohamed M. Amin et al.   PLoS One

Mutations in COQ2 in Familial and Sporadic Multiple-System Atrophy

(2013)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Single Diabetic QTL Derived from OLETF Rat Is a Sufficient Agent for Severe Diabetic Phenotype in Combination with Leptin-Signaling Deficiency

(2012) Hiroyuki Kose et al.   Experimental Diabetes Research

Plac8 is required for White Adipocyte Differentiation in vitro and Cell Number Control in vivo

(2012) Maria Jimenez-Preitner et al.   PLoS One

Plac8 Is an Inducer of C/EBPβ Required for Brown Fat Differentiation, Thermoregulation, and Control of Body Weight

(2011) Maria Jimenez-Preitner et al.   Cell Metabolism

Genome-Wide Association Identifies Nine Common Variants Associated With Fasting Proinsulin Levels and Provides New Insights Into the Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes

(2011) R. J. Strawbridge et al.   DIABETES

Differential coexpression analysis of obesity-associated networks in human subcutaneous adipose tissue

(2011) A J Walley et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Genetic analysis of recently identified type 2 diabetes loci in 1,638 unselected patients with type 2 diabetes and 1,858 control participants from a Norwegian population-based cohort (the HUNT study)

(2008) J. K. Hertel et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Beneficial Effect of Coenzyme Q10 on Increased Oxidative and Nitrative Stress and Inflammation and Individual Metabolic Components Developing in a Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome

(2008) Masaru Kunitomo et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Progress and prospects in rat genetics: a community view

(2008) Timothy J Aitman et al.   NATURE GENETICS