A team of scientists, who were led by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Frances Brodsky, DPhil, have found in humans a protein responsible for glucose metabolism that is not present in mice. Since mice are often used as models when studying diabetes and other diseases, the often unknown differences between mice and humans can create obstacles to direct translation of research. As a result, they need to be taken into account in understanding the progression of human disease, according to the researchers. The paper appeared in the May 29, 2009 issue of Science. Collaborators included scientists from UCSF, Harvard University Medical School, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

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UCSF Discovers New Glucose-regulating Protein Linked with Diabetes

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• Sorting Out Diabetes, Science, May 29, 2009
• Of Men, Not Mice, The Scientist, June 28, 2009

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A Role for the CHC22 Clathrin Heavy-Chain Isoform in Human Glucose Metabolism, Science, May 29, 2009