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| Mutations In the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 alpha gene in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1) |
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| Author(s): Yamagata K, Furuta H, Oda N, Kaisaki PJ, Menzel S, Cox NJ, Fajans SS, Signorini S, Stoffel M, Bell GI |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 384 Issue: 6608 Pages: 458-460 Published: DEC 5 1996 |
| Times Cited: 586 References: 30 |
| Abstract: THE disease maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a genetically heterogeneous monogenic form of non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), characterized by early onset, usually before 25 years of age and often in adolescence or childhood, and by autosomal dominant inheritance(1). It has been estimated that 2-5% of patients with NIDDM may have this form of diabetes mellitus(2,3). Clinical studies have shown that prediabetic MODY subjects have normal insulin sensitivity but suffer from a defect in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, suggesting that pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction rather than insulin resistance is the primary defect in this disorder(4,5). Linkage studies have localized the genes that are mutated in MODY on human chromosomes 20 (MODY1)(6), 7 (MODY2)(2) and 12 (MODY3)(7), with MODY2 and MODY3 being allelic with the genes encoding glucokinase(2), a key regulator of insulin secretion, and hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha (HNF-1 alpha)(8), a transcription factor involved in tissue-specific regulation of liver genes but also expressed in pancreatic islets, insulinoma cells and other tissues. Here we show that MODY1 is the gene encoding HNF-4 alpha (gene symbol, TCF14), a member of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily and an upstream regulator of HNF-1 alpha expressiong-(9,11). |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. UNIV CHICAGO, HOWARD HUGHES MED INST, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
2. UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT BIOCHEM & MOL BIOL, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
3. UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT MED, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
4. UNIV MICHIGAN, MED CTR, DEPT INTERNAL MED, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
5. ROCKEFELLER UNIV, LAB METAB DIS, NEW YORK, NY 10021 USA |
| Publisher: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD, 4 LITTLE ESSEX STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND WC2R 3LF |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: VW687 |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |
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