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Carriers of loss-of-function mutations in ABCA1 display pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction.
Diabetes care - 1 Apr 2010
Vergeer Menno, Brunham Liam R, Koetsveld Joris, Kruit Janine K, Verchere C Bruce, Kastelein John J P, Hayden Michael R, Stroes Erik S G
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OBJECTIVE: Abnormal cellular cholesterol handling in islets may contribute to beta-cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes. beta-Cell deficiency for the ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), which mediates the efflux of cellular cholesterol, leads to altered intracellular cholesterol homeostas...
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