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Pancreatic deletion of insulin receptor substrate 2 reduces beta and alpha cell mass and impairs glucose homeostasis in mice.
Diabetologia - 1 Jun 2007
Cantley J, Choudhury A I, Asare-Anane H, Selman C, Lingard S, Heffron H, Herrera P, Persaud S J, Withers D J
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Insulin signalling pathways regulate pancreatic beta cell function. Conditional gene targeting using the Cre/loxP system has demonstrated that mice lacking insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS2) in the beta cell have reduced beta cell mass. However, these studies have been complicat...
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