Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Mus musculus | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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CMAH | - |
Mus musculus |
CMP-Neu5Ac hydroxylase | - |
Mus musculus |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | mice bearing a human-like deletion of the Cmah gene exhibit fasting hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance following a high-fat diet. This phenotype is caused by compromised pancreatic beta-cell function associated with a 65% decrease in islet size and area and 50% decrease in islet number. Obese Cmah-null mice also show an 40% reduction in response to insulin secretagogues in vivo | Mus musculus |