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Details for phenotype: Diabetes mellitus type 1

EndoNet ID: ENP00484

Name

Diabetes mellitus type 1

General information

This phenotype is pathologic
  • Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of the metabolic homeostasis controlled by insulin, resulting in abnormalities of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. [1]

Links to other resources

GO
OMIM 222100
Medline Plus 000305
MeSH term D003922
Disease database 3649

Phenotype triggers

  • no activity (knock out experiment or RNAi) of insulin receptor
    in beta_cell_of_islet_of_Langerhans
    • Type 1 diabetes (also called juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) is caused by an absolute insulin deficiency, the result of a loss of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. [1]
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