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Reduced mRNA and a nonsense mutation in the insulin-receptor gene produce heritable severe insulin resistance.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 1992
Longo N, Langley S D, Griffin L D, Elsas L J
Abstract excerpt
Leprechaunism is an autosomal recessive syndrome of severe insulin resistance and is characterized by intrauterine growth restriction, acanthosis nigricans, hirsutism, and loss of glucose homeostasis. Here we report a new female patient of Hispanic and Afro-American descent whose fibroblasts and lymphoblasts had markedly impaired insulin binding (less than 10% of that in controls). Insulin binding to lymphoblasts...
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