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Mouse models and the genetics of diabetes: is there evidence for genetic overlap between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2005
Leiter Edward H, Lee Chul-Ho
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In humans, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes exemplify genetically heterogeneous complex diseases in which epigenetic factors contribute to underlying genetic susceptibility. Extended human pedigrees often show inheritance of both diabetes types. A common pathophysiological denominator in both disease forms is pancreatic beta-cell exposure to proinflammatory cytokines. Hence, it is intuitive that systemically...
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