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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2014

Glucokinase MODY and implications for treatment goals of common forms of diabetes.

Ramzi A Ajjan, Katharine R Owen

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A semiquantitative metric for evaluating clinical actionability of incidental or secondary findings from genome-scale sequencing.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2016
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  7. Undiagnosed MODY: Time for Action.Current diabetes reports · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ramzi A AjjanLIGHT Laboratories, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, R.Ajjan@leeds.ac.uk.
Katharine R Owen
University of Leeds · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment goals in diabetes concentrate on reducing the risk of vascular complications, largely through setting targets for glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). These targets are based on epidemiological studies of complication development, but so far have not adequately addressed the adverse effects associated with lowering HbA1c towards the normal range. Glucokinase (GCK) mutations cause a monogenic form of hyperglycaemia (GCK-MODY) characterised by fasting hyperglycaemia with low postprandial glucose excursions and a marginally elevated HbA1c. Minimal levels of vascular complications (comparable with nondiabetic individuals) are observed in GCK-MODY, leading to the hypothesis that GCK-MODY may represent a useful paradigm for assessing treatment goals in all forms of diabetes. In this review, we discuss the evidence behind this concept, suggest ways of translating this hypothesis into clinical practice and address some of the caveats of such an approach.

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GoalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2GlucokinaseHumansModels, BiologicalMolecular Targeted TherapyGlucokinase

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PMID25344793
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