Reduced insulin secretion and content in VEGF-A deficient mouse pancreatic islets

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 116, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Jabs, N ^a   Franklin, L ^b   Brenner, M B ^c   Gromada, J ^d   Ferrara, N ^e   Wollheim, C B ^b   Lammert, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c Lilly Research Laboratories   (Germany)

^d NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary network; Insulin secretion; Islet perifusion; Pancreas perfusion; Pancreatic islet; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 54549108972     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081486     Document Type: Article

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