P. J. Saker

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Pancreatic function and diabetes, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Diabetes and associated disorders, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Most-Cited Works

• → Analysis of parent-offspring trios provides evidence for linkage and association between the insulin gene and type 2 diabetes mediated exclusively through paternally transmitted class III variable number tandem repeat alleles.(2000)188 cited
• → Studies of Association between the Gene for Calpain-10 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the United Kingdom(2001)185 cited
• → An uncoupling protein 2 gene variant is associated with a raised body mass index but not Type II diabetes(1999)109 cited
• → Evidence that single nucleotide polymorphism in the uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) gene influences fat distribution in women of European and Asian origin(2000)82 cited
• → Uncoupling protein 3 genetic variants in human obesity: the c-55t promoter polymorphism is negatively correlated with body mass index in a UK Caucasian population(2001)66 cited
• → High prevalence of a missense mutation of the glucokinase gene in gestational diabetic patients due to a founder-effect in a local population(1996)65 cited
• → UKPDS 21: Low Prevalence of the Mitochondrial Transfer RNA gene (tRNALeu(UUR)) Mutation at Position 3243bp in UK Caucasian Type 2 Diabetic Patients(1997)51 cited
• → Glucokinase mutations in a phenotypically selected multiethnic group of women with a history of gestational diabetes(2001)40 cited
• → Mutation of the glucagon receptor gene and diabetes mellitus in the UK: association or founder effect?(1995)38 cited
• → Non-linkage of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor gene with maturity onset diabetes of the young(1994)31 cited