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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2016

Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia - The Molecular Mechanisms.

Azizun Nessa, Sofia A Rahman, Khalid Hussain

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ersodetug for refractory hypoglycemia due to malignant insulin-secreting tumors.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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  2. [Exercise-induced hyperinsulinism: genetic basis and clinical management].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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  13. Microtubules in Pancreatic β Cells: Convoluted Roadways Toward Precision.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  14. A Rare Cause of Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia: Kabuki SyndromeJournal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Azizun NessaGenetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS , London , UK.
Sofia A RahmanGenetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS , London , UK.
Khalid HussainGenetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS , London , UK.
University College London · GBGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under normal physiological conditions, pancreatic β-cells secrete insulin to maintain fasting blood glucose levels in the range 3.5-5.5 mmol/L. In hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH), this precise regulation of insulin secretion is perturbed so that insulin continues to be secreted in the presence of hypoglycemia. HH may be due to genetic causes (congenital) or secondary to certain risk factors. The molecular mechanisms leading to HH involve defects in the key genes regulating insulin secretion from the β-cells. At this moment, in time genetic abnormalities in nine genes (ABCC8, KCNJ11, GCK, SCHAD, GLUD1, SLC16A1, HNF1A, HNF4A, and UCP2) have been described that lead to the congenital forms of HH. Perinatal stress, intrauterine growth retardation, maternal diabetes mellitus, and a large number of developmental syndromes are also associated with HH in the neonatal period. In older children and adult's insulinoma, non-insulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome and post bariatric surgery are recognized causes of HH. This review article will focus mainly on describing the molecular mechanisms that lead to unregulated insulin secretion.

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congenital hyperinsulinismglucosehyperinsulinemic hypoglycemiainsulinKATP channels

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PMID27065949
PMCPMC4815176
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