Connexin 36, a key element in pancreatic beta cell function

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 557-566

  Pérez Armendariz, E Martha ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beta cells; Connexin 36; Diabetes; Electrical coupling; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 36; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BETA CELLS; CONNEXIN 36; DIABETES; ELECTRICAL COUPLING; GAP JUNCTIONS;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS;

EID: 84890439480     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.08.015     Document Type: Review

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