Ghrelin is present in pancreatic α-cells of humans and rats and stimulates insulin secretion

Diabetes

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 124-129

  Date, Yukari ^a   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a   Hashiguchi, Suzuko ^b   Dezaki, Katsuya ^c   Mondal, Muhtashan S ^d   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^a   Kojima, Masayasu ^c   Kangawa, Kenji ^d   Arima, Terukatsu ^b   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^b   Yada, Toshihiko ^a   Matsukura, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036097362     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.1.124     Document Type: Article

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