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Enhanced oxidative damage in human cells harboring A3243G mutation of mitochondrial DNA: implication of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of mitochondrial diabetes.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Dec 2001
Pang C Y, Lee H C, Wei Y H
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and the ATP production in pancreatic beta cells play significant roles in insulin secretion in response to glucose and other nutrients. An A to G mutation in the tRNA(Leu(UUR)) gene at nucleotide position (np) 3243 of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been observed in patients with MELAS syndrome and mitochondrial diabetes. Recently, some patients with mitochondrial diabetes...
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