TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovery of biomarkers for glycaemic deterioration before and after the onset of type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of the epidemiological studies within the IMI DIRECT Consortium
T2 - Diabetologia
AU - Koivula, RobertW.
AU - Heggie, Alison
AU - Barnett, Anna
AU - Cederberg, Henna
AU - Hansen, Tue Haldor
AU - Koopman, AnitraD.
AU - Ridderstråle, Martin
AU - Rutters, Femke
AU - Vestergaard, Henrik
AU - Gupta, Ramneek
AU - Herrgård, Sanna
AU - Heymans, MartijnW.
AU - Perry, MandyH.
AU - Rauh, Simone
AU - Siloaho, Maritta
AU - Teare, HarrietJ.A.
AU - Thorand, Barbara
AU - Bell, Jimmy
AU - Brunak, Søren
AU - Frost, Gary
AU - Jablonka, Bernd
AU - Mari, Andrea
AU - McDonald, TimJ.
AU - Dekker, JacquelineM.
AU - Hansen, Torben
AU - Hattersley, Andrew
AU - Laakso, Markku
AU - Pedersen, Oluf
AU - Koivisto, Veikko
AU - Ruetten, Hartmut
AU - Walker, Mark
AU - Pearson, Ewan
AU - Franks, PaulW.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Aims/hypothesis: The DIRECT (Diabetes Research on Patient Stratification) Study is part of a European Union Framework 7 Innovative Medicines Initiative project, a joint undertaking between four industry and 21 academic partners throughout Europe. The Consortium aims to discover and validate biomarkers that: (1) predict the rate of glycaemic deterioration before and after type 2 diabetes onset; (2) predict the response to diabetes therapies; and (3) help stratify type 2 diabetes into clearly definable disease subclasses that can be treated more effectively than without stratification. This paper describes two new prospective cohort studies conducted as part of DIRECT. Methods: Prediabetic participants (target sample size 2,200-2,700) and patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (target sample size ~1,000) are undergoing detailed metabolic phenotyping at baseline and 18 months and 36 months later. Abdominal, pancreatic and liver fat is assessed using MRI. Insulin secretion and action are assessed using frequently sampled OGTTs in non-diabetic participants, and frequently sampled mixed-meal tolerance tests in patients with type 2 diabetes. Biosamples include venous blood, faeces, urine and nail clippings, which, among other biochemical analyses, will be characterised at genetic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, proteomic and metagenomic levels. Lifestyle is assessed using high-resolution triaxial accelerometry, 24 h diet record, and food habit questionnaires. Conclusions/interpretation: DIRECT will yield an unprecedented array of biomaterials and data. This resource, available through managed access to scientists within and outside the Consortium, will facilitate the development of new treatments and therapeutic strategies for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
AB - Aims/hypothesis: The DIRECT (Diabetes Research on Patient Stratification) Study is part of a European Union Framework 7 Innovative Medicines Initiative project, a joint undertaking between four industry and 21 academic partners throughout Europe. The Consortium aims to discover and validate biomarkers that: (1) predict the rate of glycaemic deterioration before and after type 2 diabetes onset; (2) predict the response to diabetes therapies; and (3) help stratify type 2 diabetes into clearly definable disease subclasses that can be treated more effectively than without stratification. This paper describes two new prospective cohort studies conducted as part of DIRECT. Methods: Prediabetic participants (target sample size 2,200-2,700) and patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (target sample size ~1,000) are undergoing detailed metabolic phenotyping at baseline and 18 months and 36 months later. Abdominal, pancreatic and liver fat is assessed using MRI. Insulin secretion and action are assessed using frequently sampled OGTTs in non-diabetic participants, and frequently sampled mixed-meal tolerance tests in patients with type 2 diabetes. Biosamples include venous blood, faeces, urine and nail clippings, which, among other biochemical analyses, will be characterised at genetic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, proteomic and metagenomic levels. Lifestyle is assessed using high-resolution triaxial accelerometry, 24 h diet record, and food habit questionnaires. Conclusions/interpretation: DIRECT will yield an unprecedented array of biomaterials and data. This resource, available through managed access to scientists within and outside the Consortium, will facilitate the development of new treatments and therapeutic strategies for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
KW - Epigenetic
KW - Gene–environment interaction
KW - Genome
KW - Glycaemic control
KW - Lifestyle
KW - Microbiome
KW - Prediabetes
KW - Proteome
KW - Transcriptome
KW - Type 2 diabetes
U2 - 10.1007/s00125-014-3216-x
DO - 10.1007/s00125-014-3216-x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24695864
SN - 0012-186X
VL - 57
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Diabetologia
JF - Diabetologia
IS - 6
ER -