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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: John Brestelli
PROVIDER: E-CBIL-13 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lantz Kristen A KA Vatamaniuk Marko Z MZ Brestelli John E JE Friedman Joshua R JR Matschinsky Franz M FM Kaestner Klaus H KH
The Journal of clinical investigation 20040801 4
The regulation of insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells is perturbed in several diseases, including adult-onset (type 2) diabetes and persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI). The first mouse model for PHHI has a conditional deletion of the gene encoding the winged-helix transcription factor Foxa2 (Forkhead box a2, formerly Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3beta) in pancreatic beta cells. Using isolated islets, we found that Foxa2 deficiency resulted in excessive insulin release ...[more]