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A Kir6.2 mutation causing neonatal diabetes impairs electrical activity and insulin secretion from INS-1 beta-cells.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 2006
Tarasov Andrei I, Welters Hannah J, Senkel Sabine, Ryffel Gerhart U, Hattersley Andrew T, Morgan Noel G, Ashcroft Frances M
Abstract excerpt
ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels) couple beta-cell metabolism to electrical activity and thereby play an essential role in the control of insulin secretion. Gain-of-function mutations in Kir6.2 (KCNJ11), the pore-forming subunit of this channel, cause neonatal diabetes. We investigate...
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