Two populations of pancreatic islet α-cells displaying distinct Ca2+ channel properties

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 340-344

  Leung, Yuk M ^a,b   Ahmed, Ishtiaq ^a   Sheu, Laura ^a   Tsushima, Robert G ^a   Diamant, Nicholas E ^a   Gaisano, Herbert Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

High voltage activated Ca2+channels; Islet cells; Pacemaker; T type Ca2+channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INSULIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUCAGON-SECRETING CELLS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646418445     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.066     Document Type: Article

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