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Pericyte Control of Blood Flow in Intraocular Islet Grafts Impacts Glucose Homeostasis in Mice

The pancreatic islet depends on blood supply to efficiently sense plasma glucose levels and deliver insulin and glucagon into the circulation. Long believed to be passive conduits of nutrients and hormones, islet capillaries were recently found to be densely covered with contractile pericytes with t...

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Autores principales: Tamayo, Alejandro, Gonçalves, Luciana Mateus, Rodriguez-Diaz, Rayner, Pereira, Elizabeth, Canales, Melissa, Caicedo, Alejandro, Almaça, Joana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9490358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35587617
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db21-1104