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Requirement of the ATM/p53 tumor suppressor pathway for glucose homeostasis.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Dec 2010
Armata Heather L, Golebiowski Diane, Jung Dae Young, Ko Hwi Jin, Kim Jason K, Sluss Hayla K
Abstract excerpt
Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) patients can develop multiple clinical pathologies, including neuronal degeneration, an elevated risk of cancer, telangiectasias, and growth retardation. Patients with A-T can also exhibit an increased risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. The ATM protein kinase, the product of the gene mutated in A-T patients (Atm), has been implicated in metabolic disease, which is...
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