title: HNF-4alpha: from MODY to late-onset type 2 diabetes.
abstract: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a rare subtype of type 2 diabetes that is characterized by autosomal-dominant inheritance and can be caused by mutations in hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF-4alpha). Odom and colleagues have combined chromatin immunoprecipitation with promoter microarrays to identify numerous promoters occupied by HNF-4alpha in the human liver and islet, suggesting a very broad role for HNF-4alpha in glucose homeostasis. This notion is supported by recent genetic studies linking HNF-4alpha to the much more common late-onset type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 415 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Rana K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Klaus H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kaestner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C496592:HNF4A protein, human; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014157:Transcription Factors