PTEN Mutations as a Cause of Constitutive Insulin Sensitivity and Obesity
Evidence suggests that protection against cancer confers a risk of type 2 diabetes and vice versa. This study shows that persons susceptible to cancer owing to a constitutive mutation in the tumor-suppressor gene PTEN also have heightened sensitivity to insulin and are obese. Epidemiologic evidence...
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| Vydáno v: | The New England journal of medicine Ročník 367; číslo 11; s. 1002 - 1011 |
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| Hlavní autoři: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Waltham, MA
Massachusetts Medical Society
13.09.2012
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406 |
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| Shrnutí: | Evidence suggests that protection against cancer confers a risk of type 2 diabetes and vice versa. This study shows that persons susceptible to cancer owing to a constitutive mutation in the tumor-suppressor gene PTEN also have heightened sensitivity to insulin and are obese.
Epidemiologic evidence for a link among type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cancer has increased interest in the idea that some antidiabetes therapies may increase the risk of susceptibility to cancer, whereas others appear to offer protection.
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Such a link is also supported by the discovery of several susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes and their unexpected proximity to genes implicated in cell-cycle regulation.
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The discovery of common genetic variants that influence both the risk of cancer and the risk of type 2 diabetes, in opposite directions, suggests that the two conditions may result from defects in the same pathway.
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa1113966 |