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Human insulin gene is a target gene of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha (HNF-1alpha) and HNF-1beta.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 24 Sept 1999
Okita K, Yang Q, Yamagata K, Hangenfeldt K A, Miyagawa J, Kajimoto Y, Nakajima H, Namba M, Wollheim C B, Hanafusa T, Matsuzawa Y
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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a monogenic form of diabetes characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance, early-onset, and impaired insulin secretion. The type 3 and type 5 forms of MODY result from mutations in the genes encoding the transcription factor, hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha and HNF-1beta, respectively. The mechanism by which mutations in one allele of the HNF-1 gene impair...
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