Size-related and size-unrelated functional heterogeneity among pancreatic islets

Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 2627-2639

  Aizawa, Toru ^a   Kaneko, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yamauchi, Keishi ^a   Yajima, Hiroki ^a   Nishizawa, Tomoko ^a   Yada, Toshihiko ^b   Matsukawa, Hiroshi ^c   Nagai, Minoru ^a   Yamada, Satoko ^a   Sato, Yoshihiko ^a   Komatsu, Mitsuhisa ^a   Itoh, Nobuo ^a   Hidaka, Hiroya ^a   Kajimoto, Yoshitaka ^d   Hashizume, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucose sensitivity; Insulin; Islet architecture; Pancreatic cell

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUCAGON; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INSULIN RELEASE; ISOLATED PANCREAS ISLET; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0035914174     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01332-7     Document Type: Article

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