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The intrauterine environment as reflected by birth size and twin and zygosity status influences insulin action and intracellular glucose metabolism in an age- or time-dependent manner.

Poulsen P, Vaag A.

Diabetes. 2006 Jun;55(6):1819-25.PMID: 16731848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Age-dependent impact of zygosity and birth weight on insulin secretion and insulin action in twins.

Poulsen P, Levin K, Beck-Nielsen H, Vaag A.

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Twins in metabolic and diabetes research: what do they tell us?

Vaag A, Poulsen P.

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Birth weight is nongenetically associated with glucose intolerance in elderly twins, independent of adult obesity.

Grunnet L, Vielwerth S, Vaag A, Poulsen P.

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Genetic and nongenetic determinants of skeletal muscle glucose transporter 4 messenger ribonucleic acid levels and insulin action in twins.

Storgaard H, Poulsen P, Ling C, Groop L, Vaag AA.

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Low birth weight is associated with NIDDM in discordant monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs.

Poulsen P, Vaag AA, Kyvik KO, Møller Jensen D, Beck-Nielsen H.

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Heritability of insulin secretion, peripheral and hepatic insulin action, and intracellular glucose partitioning in young and old Danish twins.

Poulsen P, Levin K, Petersen I, Christensen K, Beck-Nielsen H, Vaag A.

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Increased risk of type 2 diabetes in elderly twins.

Poulsen P, Grunnet LG, Pilgaard K, Storgaard H, Alibegovic A, Sonne MP, Carstensen B, Beck-Nielsen H, Vaag A.

Diabetes. 2009 Jun;58(6):1350-5. Epub 2009 Mar 31.PMID: 19336677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Low birth weight and zygosity status is associated with defective muscle glycogen and glycogen synthase regulation in elderly twins.

Poulsen P, Wojtaszewski JF, Richter EA, Beck-Nielsen H, Vaag A.

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Does zygosity influence the metabolic profile of twins? A population based cross sectional study.

Poulsen P, Vaag A, Beck-Nielsen H.

BMJ. 1999 Jul 17;319(7203):151-4.PMID: 10406747 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Glucose and insulin metabolism in twins: influence of zygosity and birth weight.

Poulsen P, Vaag A.

Twin Res. 2001 Oct;4(5):350-5. Review.PMID: 11869488 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intracellular glucose and fat metabolism in identical twins discordant for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM): acquired versus genetic metabolic defects?

Vaag A, Alford F, Beck-Nielsen H.

Diabet Med. 1996 Sep;13(9):806-15.PMID: 8891456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Insulin secretion, insulin action, and hepatic glucose production in identical twins discordant for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Vaag A, Henriksen JE, Madsbad S, Holm N, Beck-Nielsen H.

J Clin Invest. 1995 Feb;95(2):690-8.PMID: 7860750 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Plasma cytokine levels in young and elderly twins: genes versus environment and relation to in vivo insulin action.

Grunnet L, Poulsen P, Klarlund Pedersen B, Mandrup-Poulsen T, Vaag A.

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Impact of two common polymorphisms in the PPARgamma gene on glucose tolerance and plasma insulin profiles in monozygotic and dizygotic twins: thrifty genotype, thrifty phenotype, or both?

Poulsen P, Andersen G, Fenger M, Hansen T, Echwald SM, Vølund A, Beck-Nielsen H, Pedersen O, Vaag A.

Diabetes. 2003 Jan;52(1):194-8.PMID: 12502512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Age-dependent nongenetic influences of birth weight and adult body fat on insulin sensitivity in twins.

Monrad RN, Grunnet LG, Rasmussen EL, Malis C, Vaag A, Poulsen P.

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Relationships of plasma adiponectin level and adiponectin receptors 1 and 2 gene expression to insulin sensitivity and glucose and fat metabolism in monozygotic and dizygotic twins.

Storgaard H, Poulsen P, Ling C, Groop L, Vaag AA.

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Relation of birth weight, body mass index, and change in size from birth to adulthood to insulin resistance in a female twin cohort.

Skidmore PM, Cassidy A, Swaminathan R, Richards JB, Spector TD, MacGregor AJ.

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The impact of genes and pre- and postnatal environment on the metabolic syndrome. Evidence from twin studies.

Poulsen P, Vaag A.

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Size at birth, fasting glucose and insulin levels and insulin resistance in adult twins.

Tuya C, Mutch WJ, Broom I, Campbell DM, McNeill G.

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