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Islets from human donors with higher but not lower hemoglobin A1c levels respond to gastrin treatment in vitro

Gastrin is a peptide hormone, which in combination with other factors such as TGFα, EGF or GLP-1, is capable of increasing beta cell mass and lowering blood glucose levels in adult diabetic mice. In humans, administration of a bolus of gastrin alone induces insulin secretion suggesting that gastrin...

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Autores principales: Lenz, Ayelet, Lenz, Gal, Ku, Hsun Teresa, Ferreri, Kevin, Kandeel, Fouad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31430329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221456