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Melatonin and Pancreatic Islets: Interrelationships between Melatonin, Insulin and Glucagon

The pineal hormone melatonin exerts its influence in the periphery through activation of two specific trans-membrane receptors: MT1 and MT2. Both isoforms are expressed in the islet of Langerhans and are involved in the modulation of insulin secretion from β-cells and in glucagon secretion from α-ce...

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Autores principales: Peschke, Elmar, Bähr, Ina, Mühlbauer, Eckhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3645673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23535335
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14046981