Paracrine interactions within islets of Langerhans

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-440

  Koh, Duk Su ^a   Cho, Jung Hwa ^b   Chen, Liangyi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autocrine; Glucagon; Insulin; Islet of Langerhans; Paracrine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; GALANIN; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; INCRETIN; INSULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; GLUCAGON; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84868196557     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9752-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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