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Nature Genetics 38, 583–588 (1 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/ng1787

Total insulin and IGF-I resistance in pancreatic |[beta]| cells causes overt diabetes

Kohjiro Ueki , Terumasa Okada , Jiang Hu , Chong Wee Liew , Anke Assmann , Gabriella M Dahlgren , Jennifer L Peters , Jonathan G Shackman , Min Zhang , Isabella Artner , Leslie S Satin , Roland Stein , Martin Holzenberger , Robert T Kennedy , C Ronald Kahn & Rohit N Kulkarni

An appropriate β cell mass is pivotal for the maintenance of glucose homeostasis. Both insulin and IGF-1 are important in regulation of β cell growth and function (reviewed in ref.