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The insulin gene in diabetes.
Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews - 1 Jan 2000
Pugliese Alberto, Miceli Donatella
Abstract excerpt
Lack of insulin production or abnormalities affecting insulin secretion are key to the development of almost all forms of diabetes, including the common type 1 (insulin-dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes and the more rare forms of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). Because insulin has such a central role in the pathogenesis of both forms of diabetes, the insulin gene (INS) has always...
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