IRX3, iroquois homeobox 3, 79191

N. diseases: 24; N. variants: 1
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0011860
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent 		0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Knockdown of its orthologue in zebrafish, irx3a, increased the number of pancreatic ghrelin-producing epsilon cells and decreased the number of insulin-producing beta-cells and glucagon-producing alpha-cells, thereby suggesting a direct link of pancreatic IRX3 function to both obesity and type 2 diabetes. 20080751 2010