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Missense mutations in the human insulin promoter factor-1 gene are not a common cause of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Taiwan.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Dec 2004
Shiau Ming-Yuh, Huang Chien-Ning, Liao Jung-Hua, Chang Yih-Hsin
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common metabolic disorder characterized by a hyperglycemia resulting from defect in insulin secretion and insulin action. Recent studies showed that dominant negative mutations in the insulin promoter factor-1 (IPF-1), a pancreatic beta-cell specific transcription factor, cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), a subtype of T2DM with early onset and monogenic...
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