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Insulin resistance syndrome in subjects with mutated RING finger protein TRIM37.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2005
Karlberg Niklas, Jalanko Hannu, Kallijärvi Jukka, Lehesjoki Anna-Elina, Lipsanen-Nyman Marita
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the glucose and lipid metabolism in 65 patients (aged 1.1-55 years) with mulibrey (muscle-liver-brain-eye) nanism (MUL), which is a monogenic disorder with prenatal-onset growth failure and typical clinical characteristics. MUL is caused by mutations in the TRIM37 gene, encoding a peroxisomal protein (TRIM37) with E3 ubiquitin-ligase activity. The subjects underwent clinical evaluation, abdominal...
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