Importance of β-Catenin in glucose and energy homeostasis
In settings of increased insulin demand, failure to expand pancreatic β-cells mass leads to diabetes. Genome-wide scans of diabetic populations have uncovered several genes associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and a number of them are part of the Wnt signaling. β-Catenin, a Wnt downstre...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3457035/ |