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Effects of G6pc2 deletion on body weight and cholesterol in mice.
Journal of molecular endocrinology - 1 Apr 2017
Boortz Kayla A, Syring Kristen E, Pound Lynley D, Mo Huan, Bastarache Lisa, Oeser James K, McGuinness Owen P, Denny Joshua C, O'Brien Richard M
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data have linked the G6PC2 gene to variations in fasting blood glucose (FBG). G6PC2 encodes an islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit that forms a substrate cycle with the beta cell glucose sensor glucokinase. This cycle modulates the glucose sensitivity of insulin secretion and hence FBG. GWAS data have not linked G6PC2 to variations in body weight but we...
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