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Two unrelated Chinese patients with hyperinsulinism /hyperammonemia (HI/HA) syndrome due to mutations in glutamate dehydrogenase gene.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jul 2010
Diao Chengming, Chen Shi, Xiao Xinhua, Wang Tong, Sun Xiaofang, Wang Ou, Song Hongmei, Zhang Yun, Yu Miao, Zhang Qian, Wang Heng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hyperinsulinism/ hyperammonemia (HI/HA) syndrome is caused by excessive activity of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) encoded by GLUD1 gene, which oxidizes glutamate to alpha-ketoglutarate and which is a potential regulator of insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells and of ureagenesis in the liver. So GDH is important in normal glucose homeostasis. Mutations of GDH result in HI/ HA syndrome. METHODS:...
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