Two distinct signaling pathways activated by activin a in glucose-responsive pancreatic β-cell lines

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Shibata, H ^a   Kanzaki, M ^a   Takeuchi, T ^a   Miyazaki, J I ^b   Kojima, I ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CALCIUM ION; DNA; FOLLISTATIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULINOMA; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; INSULIN; INSULINOMA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; KINETICS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMIDINE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029937050     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0160249     Document Type: Article

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