A Variant of GJD2, Encoding for Connexin 36, Alters the Function of Insulin Producing β-Cells

Valentina Cigliola; Celine Populaire; Ciro L. Pierri; Samuel Deutsch; Jacques-Antoine Haefliger; João Fadista; Valeriya Lyssenko; Leif Groop; Rico Rueedi; Fabrizio Thorel; Pedro Luis Herrera; Paolo Meda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150880

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A Variant of GJD2, Encoding for Connexin 36, Alters the Function of Insulin Producing β-Cells

Valentina Cigliola ,

* E-mail: paolo.meda@unige.ch (PM); valentina.cigliola@unige.ch (VC)

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Celine Populaire,

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Besançon, Besançon, France
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Ciro L. Pierri,

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Samuel Deutsch,

Affiliation Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America
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Jacques-Antoine Haefliger,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
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João Fadista,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Valeriya Lyssenko,

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Steno Diabetes Center A/S, Gentofte, Denmark
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Leif Groop,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Rico Rueedi,

Affiliations Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 27, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Fabrizio Thorel,

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Pedro Luis Herrera ,

¶‡ These authors have equal senior authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Paolo Meda

* E-mail: paolo.meda@unige.ch (PM); valentina.cigliola@unige.ch (VC)

¶‡ These authors have equal senior authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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A Variant of GJD2, Encoding for Connexin 36, Alters the Function of Insulin Producing β-Cells

Valentina Cigliola,
Celine Populaire,
Ciro L. Pierri,
Samuel Deutsch,
Jacques-Antoine Haefliger,
João Fadista,
Valeriya Lyssenko,
Leif Groop,
Rico Rueedi,
Fabrizio Thorel

Published: March 9, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150880

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