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The effect of unhealthy β-cells on insulin secretion in pancreatic islets
BACKGROUND: Insulin secreted by pancreatic islet β-cells is the principal regulating hormone of glucose metabolism and plays a key role in controlling glucose level in blood. Impairment of the pancreatic islet function may cause glucose to accumulate in blood, and result in diabetes mellitus. Recent...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24565418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-8794-6-S3-S6 |