Zinc, pancreatic islet cell function and diabetes: New insights into an old story

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Chimienti, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Panceatic islets; Zinc; Zinc transporters

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; ZINC-BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCAGON RELEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZINC;

EID: 84877952701     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422412000212     Document Type: Article

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