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Continuous spectrum of glucose dysmetabolism due to the KCNJ11 gene mutation-Case reports and review of the literature.
Journal of diabetes - 1 Jan 2021
He Binbin, Li Xia, Zhou Zhiguang
Abstract excerpt
The KCNJ11 gene encodes the Kir6.2 subunit of the adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (KATP ) channel, which plays a key role in insulin secretion. Monogenic diseases caused by KCNJ11 gene mutation are rare and easily misdiagnosed. It has been shown that mutations in the KCNJ11 gene are associated with neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM), maturity-onset diabetes of the young 13 (MODY13), type 2 diabetes...
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