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PAM haploinsufficiency does not accelerate the development of diet- and human IAPP-induced diabetes in mice.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 2020
Chen Yi-Chun, Mains Richard E, Eipper Betty A, Hoffman Brad G, Czyzyk Traci A, Pintar John E, Verchere C Bruce
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Peptide hormones are first synthesised as larger, inactive precursors that are converted to their active forms by endopeptidase cleavage and post-translational modifications, such as amidation. Recent, large-scale genome-wide studies have suggested that two coding variants of the amidating enzyme, peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM), are associated with impaired insulin secretion and...
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