Use of a soluble tetrazolium compound to assay metabolic activation of intact β cells

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 824-830

  Segu, Venkatesh Babu G ^a   Li, Guodong ^b   Metz, Stewart A ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TETRAZOLIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RELEASE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0001046746     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90120-2     Document Type: Article

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