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Mosaic analysis of insulin receptor function.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 2004
Kitamura Tadahiro, Kitamura Yukari, Nakae Jun, Giordano Antonio, Cinti Saverio, Kahn C Ronald, Efstratiadis Argiris, Accili Domenico
Abstract excerpt
Insulin promotes both metabolism and growth. However, it is unclear whether insulin-dependent growth is merely a result of its metabolic actions. Targeted ablation of insulin receptor (Insr) has not clarified this issue, because of early postnatal lethality. To examine this question, we generated mice with variable cellular mosaicism for null Insr alleles. Insr ablation in approximately 80% of cells caused...
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