Insulin and glucose sensitivity, insulin secretion and β-cell distribution in endocrine pancreas of the fruit bat Artibeus lituratus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-148

  Protzek, A O P ^a,c   Rafacho, A ^b,c,d   Viscelli, B A ^b   Bosqueiro, J R ^b   Cappelli, A P ^c   Paula, F M M ^c   Boschero, A C ^c   Pinheiro, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artibeus lituratus; Fruit bat; Insulin action; Insulin and glucose sensitivity; Islets and cell distribution

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; ARTICLE; BAT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESPONSE; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STARVATION;

ARTIBEUS LITURATUS;

EID: 77955095991     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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