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Searching for mutations in the HNF1B gene in a Brazilian cohort with renal cysts and hyperglycemia

ABSTRACT Objective To verify the presence of variants in HNF1B in a sample of the Brazilian population selected according to the presence of renal cysts associated with hyperglycemia. Subjects and methods We evaluated 28 unrelated patients with clinical suspicion of HNF1B mutation because of the conc...

Detección de mutaciones del gen de HNF1B en niños con malformaciones congénitas renales y del tracto urinario

Rev. chil. pediatr; 89 (6), 2018
Resumen: Introducción: Las anomalías congénitas del riñón y del tracto urinario se originan de alteraciones genéticas, en su mayoría desconocidas. Las mutaciones en el gen que codifica para el factor hepatocitario nuclear 1B (HNF1B), son la causa monogénica más frecuentemente descrita. Se desc...

The rs4430796 SNP of the HNF1β gene associates with type 2 diabetes in older adults

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: The impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus raises interest in understanding its evolutionary-genetic basis, to unveil yet unknown pathways that may have immediate medical relevance. The HNF1β gene (hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 beta) is a transcription factor expressed in tissues su...