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. 2020 Jun 24;11(8):1667–1685. doi: 10.1007/s13300-020-00864-4

Table 2.

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young subtypes, tissue distribution, and extra-pancreatic features

MODY type Tissue distribution Extra-pancreatic features
MODY1 Liver, kidney, intestine, pancreatic islets and insulinoma cells Macrosomia with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia; low levels apolipoproteins and triglycerides; atypical Fanconi syndrome with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis in carriers of the p.Arg76Trp (R76W) mutation
MODY2 Liver and pancreatic beta-cells Not described
MODY3 Liver, pancreatic islets, kidney Renal glycosuria
MODY4 Pancreatic beta-cells Overweight/obesity in some patients
MODY5 Kidney, liver, bile ducts, thymus, genital tract, pancreas, lung, and gut Renal cysts; progressive renal dysfunction, leading to chronic renal insufficiency and failure; internal genital abnormalities (in female carriers); pancreatic hypoplasia, pancreatic cysts
MODY6 Neurons in the central and peripheral nervous systems, pancreatic endocrine cells, intestine Overweight/obesity in some patients; intellectual disabilities with brain abnormalities (uncommon)
MODY7 Ubiquitously expressed Not described
MODY8 Lactating mammary gland and pancreas Pancreatic atrophy with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency; fibrosis and lipomatosis causing hyperglycemia
MODY9 Germ layers in the mammalian embryo Not described
MODY10 Pancreas, eye, limb Not described
MODY11 Lymphoblastoid cell lines, spleen, pancreatic islets, liver, leukocytes, ovary, muscle, testis Overweight/obesity in some patients
MODY12 Pancreatic beta-cells Not described
MODY13 Pancreatic beta-cells, neurons, muscle cells Not described
MODY14 Highly expressed in skeletal muscle, heart, ovary, and pancreas Overweight/obesity in some patients