[The causal factors for IAPP fibrillogenesis are unknown but abnormal synthesis or overproduction could be involved: stimulation of B-cell secretion in NIDDM by obesity, hyperglycaemia or suphonylurea therapy may promote amyloidosis and further aggravate islet pathology.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE