Article
Human Physiology of Genetic Defects Causing Beta-cell Dysfunction.
Journal of molecular biology - 6 Mar 2020
Kettunen Jarno L T, Tuomi Tiinamaija
Abstract excerpt
The last decade has revealed hundreds of genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes, many especially with insulin secretion. However, the evidence for their single or combined effect on beta-cell function relies mostly on genetic association of the variants or genetic risk scores with simple traits, and few have been functionally fully characterized even in cell or animal models. Translating the measured...
Topics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Insulin Secretion
- Insulin-Secreting Cells
- Physiology
