“…In 1999, mutations in NEUROD1 were associated to early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in two European descendent families inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion for the first time (Malecki et al, ), being further classified as maturity‐onset diabetes of the young type 6 (MODY6; OMIM #606394) (Fajans, Bell, & Polonsky, ). Almost 20 years after the first report, only a few families in Europe (Ağladıoğlu et al, ; Gonsorčíková et al, ; Kristinsson et al, ; Szopa et al, ) and Asia (Ang et al, ; Chapla et al, ; Doddabelavangala Mruthyunjaya et al, ; Horikawa et al, ; Liu et al, ) had shown mutations in NEUROD1 as the cause of diabetes.…”