The islet ghrelin cell

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wierup, Nils ^a   Sundler, Frank ^a   Scott Heller, R ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Development; Diabetes; Ghrelin; Ghrelin cell; Human; Islet; Mouse; Pancreas; Rat

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; GASTRIN CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE SECRETING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT MODEL; REVIEW;

DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES; GHRELIN; GHRELIN CELL; HUMAN; ISLET; MOUSE; PANCREAS; RAT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS;

EID: 84890869288     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-13-0122     Document Type: Review

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