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Functional analyses of the mutation nt-128 T→G in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α promoter region in Chinese diabetes pedigrees.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Nov 2012
Fang Q, Chen S, Wang Y, Jiang S, Zhang R, Hu C, Wang C, Liu F, Xiang K, Jia W
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AIMS: Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α (HNF-1α) regulates the expression of genes encoding proteins involved in glucose metabolism and insulin secretion. Mutations in the HNF-1α gene cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young Type 3. However, the mechanism leading to this disease has not been completely ascertained. Previously, we found a novel mutation in the regulatory element of the human HNF-1α gene in two...
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