Cell coupling in mouse pancreatic β-cells measured in intact islets of Langerhans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1880, 2008, Pages 3503-3523

  Zhang, Quan ^a   Galvanovskis, Juris ^a   Abdulkader, Fernando ^a,b   Partridge, Christopher J ^a   Göpel, Sven O ^d   Eliasson, Lena ^c   Rorsman, Patrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY DIABETES CENTRE   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell coupling; Gap junctions; KATP channels; Pancreatic islets; cell

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

CELL COUPLING; GAP JUNCTIONS; KATP CHANNELS; PANCREATIC ISLETS;

CELLS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IC 50; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATCH CLAMP;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM;

EID: 51049110095     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0110     Document Type: Article

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