β-cell-mediated signaling predominates over direct α-cell signaling in the regulation of glucagon secretion in humans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2275-2280

  Cooperberg, Benjamin A ^a   Cryer, Philip E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; HUMAN INSULIN; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; ISOPHANE INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCAGON RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL;

C-PEPTIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EATING; EPINEPHRINE; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON-SECRETING CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS;

EID: 72249093748     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-0798     Document Type: Article

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