Presence of neuropeptide Y and its messenger ribonucleic acid in human islets: Evidence for a possible paracrine role

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2117-2120

  Bennet, W M ^a   Wang, Z L ^a   Jones, P M ^a   Wang, R M ^a   James, R F ^b   London, N J ^b   Ghatei, M A ^a   Bloom, S R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DENSITY GRADIENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CADAVER; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER;

RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0029884701     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.6.2117     Document Type: Article

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