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Localisation of presenilin 2 in human and rodent pancreatic islet beta-cells; Met239Val presenilin 2 variant is not associated with diabetes in man.
Journal of cell science - 1 Jul 1999
Jaikaran E T, Marcon G, Levesque L, George-Hyslop P S, Fraser P E, Clark A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in presenilin 1 and 2 are causative factors for early onset familial Alzheimer's disease and possible roles for presenilins include protein trafficking, regulation of apoptosis and/or calcium homeostasis. Presenilin 2 mRNA is expressed in brain, muscle and pancreas but the role of pancreatic presenilin 2 and its relationship to diabetes are unknown. Presenilin 2 immunoreactivity was localised in human...
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