Alpha cells secrete acetylcholine as a non-neuronal paracrine signal priming beta cell function in humans

Nature Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 888-892

  Rodriguez Diaz, Rayner ^a,b   Dando, Robin ^a   Jacques Silva, M Caroline ^a   Fachado, Alberto ^a   Molina, Judith ^a   Abdulreda, Midhat H ^a   Ricordi, Camillo ^a,b   Roper, Stephen D ^a   Berggren, Per Olof ^a,b,c   Caicedo, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALKENES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCAGON-SECRETING CELLS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MICE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PIPERIDINES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SECRETORY VESICLES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 79960129197     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2371     Document Type: Article

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