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  • Open Access
2 Citations
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1 December 2025

Background/Objectives: Developing and implementing clinical trials for rare diseases is complicated by the incomplete understanding of the varied genotype and subsequent phenotypic differences of a condition, particularly when low numbers of subjects...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,647 Views
20 Pages

PIMT Controls Insulin Synthesis and Secretion through PDX1

  • Rahul Sharma,
  • Sujay K. Maity,
  • Partha Chakrabarti,
  • Madhumohan R. Katika,
  • Satyamoorthy Kapettu,
  • Kishore V. L. Parsa and
  • Parimal Misra

Pancreatic beta cell function is an important component of glucose homeostasis. Here, we investigated the function of PIMT (PRIP-interacting protein with methyl transferase domain), a transcriptional co-activator binding protein, in the pancreatic be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fate of Pancreatic Islets in Type 2 Diabetes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,892 Views
21 Pages

An In Silico Investigation of the Pathogenic G151R G Protein-Gated Inwardly Rectifying K+ Channel 4 Variant to Identify Small Molecule Modulators

  • Eleni Pitsillou,
  • Julia J. Liang,
  • Noa Kino,
  • Jessica L. Lockwood,
  • Andrew Hung,
  • Assam El-Osta,
  • Asmaa S. AbuMaziad and
  • Tom C. Karagiannis

29 November 2024

Primary aldosteronism is characterised by the excessive production of aldosterone, which is a key regulator of salt metabolism, and is the most common cause of secondary hypertension. Studies have investigated the association between primary aldoster...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,744 Views
24 Pages

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Kir6.2 Variants Reveals Potential Association with Diabetes Mellitus

  • Mohamed E. Elangeeb,
  • Imadeldin Elfaki,
  • Ali M. S. Eleragi,
  • Elsadig Mohamed Ahmed,
  • Rashid Mir,
  • Salem M. Alzahrani,
  • Ruqaiah I. Bedaiwi,
  • Zeyad M. Alharbi,
  • Mohammad Muzaffar Mir and
  • Jameel Barnawi
  • + 2 authors

22 April 2024

Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a problem for the healthcare system worldwide. DM has very serious complications such as blindness, kidney failure, and cardiovascular disease. In addition to the very bad socioeconomic impacts, it influences patient...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Biomacromolecules)
  • Article
  • Open Access
599 Views
49 Pages

Comparative Interactome Analysis Reveals Architectural Principles Governing K+ Channel Function in Cancer

  • Soha Sadeghi,
  • Jesusa Capera,
  • Giulia Battistello,
  • Veronica Carpanese,
  • Antonio Felipe,
  • Ildikò Szabò and
  • Vanessa Checchetto

Potassium (K+) channels have been frequently linked to cancer progression; however, their contribution varies across tumour types and experimental models. This heterogeneity indicates that gene-level characteristics such as expression, co-expression,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ion Channels in Health and Disease: From Physiology to Therapeutics)