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Acute sulfonylurea therapy at disease onset can cause permanent remission of KATP-induced diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2011
Remedi Maria Sara, Agapova Sophia E, Vyas Arpita K, Hruz Paul W, Nichols Colin G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) can be caused by gain-of-function ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel mutations. This realization has led to sulfonylurea therapy replacing insulin injections in many patients. In a murine model of K(ATP)-dependent NDM, hyperglycemia and consequent loss of β-cells are both avoided by chronic sulfonylurea treatment. Interestingly, K(ATP) mutations may underlie...
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