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Sur1 Knockout Mice
1 Mar 2000
Abstract excerpt
Sur1 knockout mouse beta-cells lack K(ATP) channels and show spontaneous Ca(2+) action potentials equivalent to those seen in patients with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy, but the mice are normoglycemic unless stressed. Sur1(-/-) islets lack first phase insulin secretion and exhibit an attenuated glucose-stimulated second phase secretion. Loss of the first phase leads to mild glucose...
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