Genetic Variation and Association Analyses of the Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1 (NRF1) Gene in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Yang Liu1, Nifang Niu1, Xilin Zhu1, Te Du1, Xin Wang1, Dongmei Chen1, Xiaopan Wu1, Harvest F. Gu2, Ying Liu1) 1 National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P. R. China 2 Rolf Luft Centre for Diabetes Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Running Title: NRF1 gene associated with type 2 diabetes Corresponding Author: Ying Liu, PhD. National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, 5 Dongdan 3 Tiao, Beijing 100005, P. R. China. liuyingpumc@yahoo.com Received for publication 3 January 2007 and accepted in revised form 21 November 2007. Diabetes Publish Ahead of Print, published online December 10, 2007 Copyright American Diabetes Association, Inc., 2007