New insights into amino acid metabolism, β-cell function and diabetes

Clinical Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Newsholme, Philip ^a   Brennan, Lorraine ^a   Rubi, Blanca ^b   Maechler, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Apoptosis; Diabetes; Gene expression; Metabolism; Mitochondria; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INSULIN; LEUCINE; MALIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MITOCHONDRIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 14844296371     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20040290     Document Type: Review

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