Wolfram syndrome, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy, is caused by mutations in the WFS1 gene. WFS1 encodes an endoplasmic reticulum re
To inhibit INS expression, we used shRNA to target the INS promoter. We find that knocking down INS expression with such an shRNA targeting the INS promoter significantly affects expression of 259 gen
Mice were chow-fed, 10-week-old B6 (WT) males, intravenously injected with ADKD vectors expressing RNAi for lacZ or Ildr2. Measurements were taken at 10 days p.t. (following either a 24-hr fast “Faste
We have observed an improvement of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion upon the formation of pseudoislets. Transcriptome analyses of islets and pseudoislets from the same human donor were performed t
BackgroundPolymorphisms in the potassium channel, voltage-gated, KQT-like subfamily, member 1 (KCNQ1) have recently been reported to associate with type 2 diabetes. The primary aim of the present stud