| Literature DB >> 15519277 |
Rana K Gupta1, Klaus H Kaestner.
Abstract
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a rare subtype of type 2 diabetes that is characterized by autosomal-dominant inheritance and can be caused by mutations in hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF-4alpha). Odom and colleagues have combined chromatin immunoprecipitation with promoter microarrays to identify numerous promoters occupied by HNF-4alpha in the human liver and islet, suggesting a very broad role for HNF-4alpha in glucose homeostasis. This notion is supported by recent genetic studies linking HNF-4alpha to the much more common late-onset type 2 diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15519277 DOI： 10.1016/j.molmed.2004.09.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Mol Med ISSN： 1471-4914 Impact factor: 11.951