title: [Mutations of glucokinase gene in Japanese subjects with NIDDM].
abstract: Glucokinase has been proposed to play an important role as a glucose sensor in pancreatic beta-cells. Mutations in the glucokinase gene have been shown to be the major cause of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in Caucasian subjects. In population-association study with microsatellite DNA polymorphisms in Japanese subjects with NIDDM, a negative association was evident between NIDDM and the glucokinase gene locus, although contradictionary results were present. Using PCR-SSCP analysis, no glucokinase mutation, which induces changes in amino acid residues, was identified in Japanese subjects with classical late-onset NIDDM. These results suggest that mutations in this gene are not the major cause of common form NIDDM in Japanese.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hamaoka Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hinata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsukage
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimi
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005941:Glucokinase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D005941:Glucokinase