Conditional VHL gene deletion causes hypoglycemic death associated with disproportionately increased glucose uptake by hepatocytes through an upregulated IGF-I receptor.

Our conditional VHL knockout (VHL-KO) mice, having VHL gene deletion induced by tamoxifen, developed severe hypoglycemia associated with disproportionately increased storage of PAS-positive substances in the liver and resulted in the death of these mice. This hypoglycemic state was neither due to im...

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Main Authors: Atsushi Kurabayashi, Yoshihiko Kakinuma, Taku Morita, Keiji Inoue, Takayuki Sato, Mutsuo Furihata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3706433?pdf=render