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SUBMITTER: Abdulkarim B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4713904 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abdulkarim Baroj B Nicolino Marc M Igoillo-Esteve Mariana M Daures Mathilde M Romero Sophie S Philippi Anne A Senée Valérie V Lopes Miguel M Cunha Daniel A DA Harding Heather P HP Derbois Céline C Bendelac Nathalie N Hattersley Andrew T AT Eizirik Décio L DL Ron David D Cnop Miriam M Julier Cécile C
Diabetes 20150709 11
Dysregulated endoplasmic reticulum stress and phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) are associated with pancreatic β-cell failure and diabetes. Here, we report the first homozygous mutation in the PPP1R15B gene (also known as constitutive repressor of eIF2α phosphorylation [CReP]) encoding the regulatory subunit of an eIF2α-specific phosphatase in two siblings affected by a novel syndrome of diabetes of youth with short stature, intellectual disability, and micro ...[more]