Oscillations, Intercellular Coupling, and Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic β Cells
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- 14 February 2006
- journal article
- primer
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 4 (2), e49
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040049
Abstract
Insulin is a potent metabolic regulator that is released by pancreatic beta-cells, which respond to body glucose concentrations. Here the authors explain the physiological basis of insulin release.Keywords
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