Article
Counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia in patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young caused by HNF-1alpha gene mutations (MODY3).
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Jan 2001
Guenat E, Seematter G, Philippe J, Temler E, Jéquier E, Tappy L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of HNF-1alpha lead to severe beta cell dysfunction, resulting in decreased glucose-induced insulin secretion. HNF-1alpha is also expressed in liver, kidney and pancreatic alpha cells, but the functional consequences of HNF-1alpha mutations in these organs remain unknown. We therefore assessed the counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia in six patients with HNF-1alpha mutations (MODY3), five patients...
Topics
- Blood Glucose
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Glucagon
- Glucose
- Glucose Clamp Technique
- Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1
- Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
- Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta
