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Mutations in pancreatic ß-cell Glucokinase as a cause of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and neonatal diabetes mellitus

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Glucokinase is a key enzyme involved in regulating insulin secretion from the pancreatic ß-cell. The unique role of glucokinase in human glucose physiology is illustrated by the fact that genetic mutations in glucokinase can either cause hyperglycaemia or hypoglycaemia. Heterozygous inactivating mutations in glucokinase cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), homozygous inactivating in glucokinase mutations result in permanent neonatal diabetes whereas heterozygous activating glucokinase mutations cause hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia

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    Khalid Hussain

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Hussain, K. Mutations in pancreatic ß-cell Glucokinase as a cause of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and neonatal diabetes mellitus. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 11, 179–183 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11154-010-9147-z

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