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Neonatal diabetes caused by a homozygous KCNJ11 mutation demonstrates that tiny changes in ATP sensitivity markedly affect diabetes risk.
Diabetologia - 1 Jul 2016
Vedovato Natascia, Cliff Edward, Proks Peter, Poovazhagi Varadarajan, Flanagan Sarah E, Ellard Sian, Hattersley Andrew T, Ashcroft Frances M
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel plays a pivotal role in linking beta cell metabolism to insulin secretion. Mutations in KATP channel genes can result in hypo- or hypersecretion of insulin, as in neonatal diabetes mellitus and congenital hyperinsulinism, respectively. To date, all patients affected by neonatal diabetes due to a mutation in the pore-forming subunit of the...
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