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Tissue-specific knockout of the insulin receptor in pancreatic beta cells creates an insulin secretory defect similar to that in type 2 diabetes.
Cell - 5 Feb 1999
Kulkarni R N, Brüning J C, Winnay J N, Postic C, Magnuson M A, Kahn C R
Abstract excerpt
Dysfunction of the pancreatic beta cell is an important defect in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, although its exact relationship to the insulin resistance is unclear. To determine whether insulin signaling has a functional role in the beta cell we have used the Cre-loxP system to specifical...
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