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Sulfonylurea receptor -1 (SUR1): genetic and metabolic evidences for a role in the susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes & metabolism - 1 Feb 2002
Reis A F, Velho G
Abstract excerpt
The pancreatic B-cell ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP)) is composed of two distinct subunits, an inwardly rectifying ion channel forming the pore (Kir6.2), and a regulatory subunit, namely the sulfonylurea receptor-1 (SUR1), which binds this widely used class of insulin-secreting drugs. Mutations in the genes encoding Kir6.2 and SUR1 may result in familial persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia of...
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