Insulin secretion from human beta cells is heterogeneous and dependent on cell-to-cell contacts

Diabetologia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1843-1852

  Wojtusciszyn, A ^a,b   Armanet, M ^a   Morel, P ^a   Berney, T ^a   Bosco, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Beta cells; Heterogeneity; Human islets; Insulin secretion; Reverse haemolytic plaque assay

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RELEASE; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE;

EID: 51249098505     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1103-z     Document Type: Article

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