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Glucose utilization and production in patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young caused by a mutation of the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha gene.
Diabetes - 1 Sept 1998
Surmely J F, Guenat E, Philippe J, Dussoix P, Schneiter P, Temler E, Vaxillaire M, Froguel P, Jéquier E, Tappy L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha gene cause impaired insulin secretion and hyperglycemia in patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY)3. Whether these mutations also affect glucose metabolism in tissues other than the beta-cell has not yet been documented. We therefore assessed, in five MODY3 patients and a dozen healthy control subjects, insulin secretion, oxidative and...
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