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SUBMITTER: Proverbio MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3711910 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proverbio Maria Carla MC Mangano Eleonora E Gessi Alessandra A Bordoni Roberta R Spinelli Roberta R Asselta Rosanna R Valin Paola Sogno PS Di Candia Stefania S Zamproni Ilaria I Diceglie Cecilia C Mora Stefano S Caruso-Nicoletti Manuela M Salvatoni Alessandro A De Bellis Gianluca G Battaglia Cristina C
PloS one 20130715 7
Congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy (CHI) is a rare disorder characterized by severe hypoglycemia due to inappropriate insulin secretion. The genetic causes of CHI have been found in genes regulating insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells; recessive inactivating mutations in the ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes represent the most common events. Despite the advances in understanding the molecular pathogenesis of CHI, specific genetic determinants in about 50 % of the CHI patients remain unknown, sugge ...[more]