Article
Pancreatic exocrine dysfunction associated with mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) mutation.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Mar 1998
Onishi H, Hanihara T, Sugiyama N, Kawanishi C, Iseki E, Maruyama Y, Yamada Y, Kosaka K, Yagishita S, Sekihara H, Satoh S
Abstract excerpt
We report on pancreatic exocrine dysfunction in families that have the mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) gene mutation. These families exhibited maternally inherited diabetes mellitus (DM) and an A to G substitution at nt 3243 of the mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) gene (A3243G mutation). Pancreatic necropsy samples from one proband showed accumulation of degenerated mitochondria in pancreatic acinar cells. Pancreatic...
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