Are we overestimating the loss of beta cells in type 2 diabetes?

Diabetologia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 362-365

  Marselli, Lorella ^a   Suleiman, Mara ^a   Masini, Matilde ^a   Campani, Daniela ^a   Bugliani, Marco ^a   Syed, Farooq ^a   Martino, Luisa ^a   Focosi, Daniele ^b   Scatena, Fabrizio ^b   Olimpico, Francesco ^a   Filipponi, Franco ^a   Masiello, Pellegrino ^a   Boggi, Ugo ^a   Marchetti, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta cells; Chromogranin A; Electron microscopy; Glucagon; Insulin; Insulin granules

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEGRANULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CHROMOGRANIN A; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PANCREAS;

EID: 84893710029     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-3098-3     Document Type: Article

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