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Foxa2 regulates multiple pathways of insulin secretion
16 Aug 2004
Abstract excerpt
The regulation of insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells is perturbed in several diseases, including adult-onset (type 2) diabetes and persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI). The first mouse model for PHHI has a conditional deletion of the gene encoding the winged-helix transcription factor Foxa2 (Forkhead box a2, formerly Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3beta) in pancreatic beta cells. Using...
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