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Activating mutations in Kir6.2 and neonatal diabetes: new clinical syndromes, new scientific insights, and new therapy.
Diabetes - 1 Sept 2005
Hattersley Andrew T, Ashcroft Frances M
Abstract excerpt
Closure of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels) in response to metabolically generated ATP or binding of sulfonylurea drugs stimulates insulin release from pancreatic beta-cells. Heterozygous gain-of-function mutations in the KCJN11 gene encoding the Kir6.2 subunit of this channel are found in approximately 47% of patients diagnosed with permanent diabetes at <6 months of age. There is a striking...
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