%0 Journal Article %T From bending DNA to diabetes: the curious case of HMGA1 %A Semple Robert K %J Journal of Biology %D 2009 %I %R 10.1186/jbiol164 %X Although mice lacking the architectural DNA binding factor HMGA1 are diabetic and express very low levels of the insulin receptor, they have increased insulin sensitivity. A study in BMC Biology now suggests that changes in circulating retinol binding protein partly account for this paradox. %U http://jbiol.com/content/8/7/64