“…PNDM is a genetically heterogeneous disorder due to mutations in 23 different genes described to date: KCNJ11 , ABCC8 , FOXP3 , GCK , PDX1 , pancreas-specific transcription factor 1A (PTF1A) , EIF2AK3 , SLC2A2 , GATA6 , GATA4 , SLC19A2 , WFS1 , NEUROD1 , NEUROG3 , RFX6 , LRBA , NKX2-2 , MNX1 , IER3IP1 , INS , STAT3 , GLIS3 and HNF1B ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ). These mutations can either compromise insulin secretion, disturb pancreas or islet cell development or result in autoimmune destruction of the beta cells.…”