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Accumulation of cadmium in insulin-producing β cells

Evidence suggests that chronic low level cadmium exposure impairs the function of insulin-producing β cells and may be associated with type-2 diabetes mellitus. Herein, we describe the cadmium content in primary human islets and define the uptake kinetics and effects of environmentally relevant cadm...

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Autores principales: El Muayed, Malek, Raja, Meera R., Zhang, Xiaomin, MacRenaris, Keith W., Bhatt, Surabhi, Chen, Xiaojuan, Urbanek, Margrit, O’Halloran, Thomas V., Lowe, Jr., William L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23466887
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/isl.23101