Insulin transactivator MafA regulates intrathymic expression of insulin and affects susceptibility to type 1 diabetes

Diabetes

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2579-2587

  Noso, Shinsuke ^a   Kataoka, Kohsuke ^b   Kawabata, Yumiko ^a   Babaya, Naru ^a   Hiromine, Yoshihisa ^a   Yamaji, Kaori ^c   Fujisawa, Tomomi ^c   Aramata, Shinsaku ^b   Kudo, Takashi ^d   Takahashi, Satoru ^d   Ikegami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; INSULIN; INSULIN 2; LUCIFERASE; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MAF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, LARGE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77957584132     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db10-0476     Document Type: Article

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