Kir6.2 mutations are a common cause of permanent neonatal diabetes in a large cohort of French patients.

Permanent neonatal diabetes (PND), requiring insulin within the first months of life, is unexplained at the molecular level in most cases. It has very recently been shown that heterozygous activating mutations in the KCNJ11 gene, encoding the Kir6.2 subunit of the pancreatic ATP-sensitive K(+) chann...

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Autors principals: Vaxillaire, M, Populaire, C, Busiah, K, Cavé, H, Gloyn, A, Hattersley, A, Czernichow, P, Froguel, P, Polak, M
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2004