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Disruption of a receptor-mediated mechanism for intracellular sorting of proinsulin in familial hyperproinsulinemia.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 2003
Dhanvantari Savita, Shen Fu-Sheng, Adams Tiffany, Snell Christopher R, Zhang ChunFa, Mackin Robert B, Morris Stephen J, Loh Y Peng
Abstract excerpt
In familial hyperproinsulinemia, specific mutations in the proinsulin gene are linked with a profound increase in circulating plasma proinsulin levels. However, the molecular and cellular basis for this disease remains uncharacterized. Here we investigated how these mutations may disrupt the sort...
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