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Why all MODY variants are dominantly inherited: a hypothesis.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Apr 2022
Li Meihang, Rivière Jean-Baptiste, Polychronakos Constantin
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes in the young (MODY) comprises monogenic phenotypes of young-onset, insulinopenic diabetes. All its forms are dominantly inherited. Why? Are the pancreatic β cells only harmed by heterozygous variants? We propose that recessive MODYs do exist but have escaped detection due to lack of family history suggestive of monogenic inheritance.
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