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Screening for the Gly40Ser mutation in the glucagon receptor gene among patients with type 2 diabetes or essential hypertension in Taiwan.
Pancreas - 1 Mar 1999
Huang C N, Lee K C, Wu H P, Tai T Y, Lin B J, Chuang L M
Abstract excerpt
As a major counterregulatory hormone of insulin, glucagon plays an important role in regulating glucose homeostasis through its binding to the glucagon receptor. Recently a missense mutation in the glucagon-receptor gene (Gly40Ser) was found to be associated with type 2 diabetes in France and Sardinia, with a frequency as high as 4.6% and 8.3%, respectively. This mutation was also found to be associated with...
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