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Variations in insulin secretion in carriers of the E23K variant in the KIR6.2 subunit of the ATP-sensitive K(+) channel in the beta-cell.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2002
't Hart Leen M, van Haeften Timon W, Dekker Jacqueline M, Bot Martine, Heine Robert J, Maassen J Antonie
Abstract excerpt
An association between type 2 diabetes and genetic variation in the KIR6.2 gene has been reported in several populations. Based on in vitro studies with cell lines expressing the Glu(23)Lys (E23K) mutation, it was recently suggested that this mutation might result in altered insulin secretion. We have examined glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in relation to this KIR6.2 gene variant in two independent Dutch...
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