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Relapsing diabetes can result from moderately activating mutations in KCNJ11.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2005
Gloyn Anna L, Reimann Frank, Girard Christophe, Edghill Emma L, Proks Peter, Pearson Ewan R, Temple I Karen, Mackay Deborah J G, Shield Julian P H, Freedenberg Debra, Noyes Kathryn, Ellard Sian, Ashcroft Frances M, Gribble Fiona M, Hattersley Andrew T
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal diabetes can either remit and hence be transient or else may be permanent. These two phenotypes were considered to be genetically distinct. Abnormalities of 6q24 are the commonest cause of transient neonatal diabetes (TNDM). Mutations in KCNJ11, which encodes Kir6.2, the pore-forming subunit of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP)), are the commonest cause of permanent neonatal diabetes (PNDM). In...
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