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Mutant Protein Involved In Diabetes' Origins |
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Τετάρτη, 13 Οκτώβριος 2010 03:00 |
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University of Michigan scientists have identified events inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells that set the stage for a neonatal form of non-autoimmune type 1 diabetes, and may play a role in type 2 diabetes as well. The results point to a potential target for drugs to protect normally functioning proteins essential for producing insulin. A study published online in the journal PLoS One shows that certain insulin gene mutations involved in neonatal diabetes cause a portion of the proinsulin proteins in the pancreas' beta cells to misfold... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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