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Although it is believed that the genetic effect is mediated through transcriptional effects of the VNTR, an alternative mechanism has been recently proposed: In transfected cells, the common A allele at one of the SNPs (\u221223A\u2192T, in relation to the translation-initiation codon) weakens the splicing of intron 1, resulting in a minor (\u223c15% of total RNA) transcript with a longer 5\u2032 untranslated region and sixfold enhanced translational efficiency. The purpose of our study was to confirm these findings in RNA from normal human pancreas and thymus. We report that pancreas does contain the alternative transcript in an allele-dependent manner but at a very low proportion (&amp;lt;5% of total INS mRNA). 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