Junctional communication of pancreatic β cell contributes to the control of insulin secretion and glucose tolerance

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 235-243

  Charollais, Anne ^a   Gjinovci, Asllan ^b   Huarte, Joachim ^a   Bauquis, Juliette ^a   Nadal, Angel ^c   Martín, Franz ^c   Andreu, Etelvina ^c   Sánchez Andrés, Juan V ^c   Calabrese, Alessandra ^a   Bosco, Domenico ^a   Soria, Bernat ^c   Wollheim, Claes B ^b   Herrera, Pedro L ^a   Meda, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SECRETION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 18844480439     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI9398     Document Type: Article

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