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A rare mutation in ABCC8/SUR1 leading to altered ATP-sensitive K+ channel activity and beta-cell glucose sensing is associated with type 2 diabetes in adults.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2008
Tarasov Andrei I, Nicolson Tamara J, Riveline Jean-Pierre, Taneja Tarvinder K, Baldwin Stephen A, Baldwin Jocelyn M, Charpentier Guillaume, Gautier Jean-François, Froguel Philippe, Vaxillaire Martine, Rutter Guy A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels) link glucose metabolism to the electrical activity of the pancreatic beta-cell to regulate insulin secretion. Mutations in either the Kir6.2 or sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) 1 subunit of the channel have previously been shown to cause neonatal diabetes. We describe here an activating mutation in the ABCC8 gene, encoding SUR1, that is associated with the...
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