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In vitro recovery of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in β-cells from patients with congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 2011
Powell Philippa D, Bellanné-Chantelot Christine, Flanagan Sarah E, Ellard Sian, Rooman Raoul, Hussain Khalid, Skae Mars, Clayton Peter, de Lonlay Pascale, Dunne Mark J, Cosgrove Karen E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Congenital hyperinsulinism in infancy (CHI) is characterized by unregulated insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells; severe forms are associated with defects in ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes encoding sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) and Kir6.2 subunits, which form ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels in β-cells. Diazoxide therapy often fails in the treatment of CHI and may be a result of reduced cell surface...
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