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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: De Franco E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7187370 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Human mutation 20200217 5
The most common genetic cause of neonatal diabetes and hyperinsulinism is pathogenic variants in ABCC8 and KCNJ11. These genes encode the subunits of the β-cell ATP-sensitive potassium channel, a key component of the glucose-stimulated insulin secretion pathway. Mutations in the two genes cause dysregulated insulin secretion; inactivating mutations cause an oversecretion of insulin, leading to congenital hyperinsulinism, whereas activating mutations cause the opposing phenotype, diabetes. This r ...[more]