NEUROD1-deficient diabetes (MODY6): Identification of the first cases in Japanese and the clinical features.
Yukio HorikawaMayumi EnyaHiroyo MabeKei FukushimaNoriyuki TakuboMasaaki OhashiFuki IkedaKen-Ichi HashimotoHirotaka WatadaJun TakedaPublished in: Pediatric diabetes (2017)
This is the first report of NEUROD1 mutations in Japanese, who have a genetic background of intrinsically lower capacity of insulin secretion. NEUROD1-deficient diabetes appears to be low penetrant, and may occur in concert with other genetic factors.