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A Genetic Switch in Pancreatic β-Cells
1 Aug 2002
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous mutations in the genes encoding transcriptional regulators hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha and HNF-4alpha cause a form of diabetes known as maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). Haploinsufficiency of HNF-1alpha or HNF-4alpha results in MODY because of defective function of pancreatic islet cells. In contrast, homozygous null mutations in mouse models lead to widespread and profound gene...
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