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SUBMITTER: Krautkramer KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3761170 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krautkramer Kimberly A KA Linnemann Amelia K AK Fontaine Danielle A DA Whillock Amy L AL Harris Ted W TW Schleis Gregory J GJ Truchan Nathan A NA Marty-Santos Leilani L Lavine Jeremy A JA Cleaver Ondine O Kimple Michelle E ME Davis Dawn Belt DB
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 20130716 5
Recently, a novel type 1 diabetes association locus was identified at human chromosome 6p31.3, and transcription factor 19 (TCF19) is a likely causal gene. Little is known about Tcf19, and we now show that it plays a role in both proliferation and apoptosis in insulinoma cells. Tcf19 is expressed in mouse and human islets, with increasing mRNA expression in nondiabetic obesity. The expression of Tcf19 is correlated with β-cell mass expansion, suggesting that it may be a transcriptional regulator ...[more]