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alpha cell

[′al·fə ‚sel]
(histology)
Any of the acidophilic chromophiles in the anterior lobe of the adenohypophysis.
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It works by restoring the human beta and alpha cell populations in the pancreas.
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The total number of cells per islet section and the beta and alpha cells were counted as they differentially stained with chrome alum Hematoxylin-phloxin.
Postnatal Histogenesis of Islets of Langerhans in Rat
If the discovery translates to people, scientists may one day be able to coax type 1 diabetics' own alpha cells into replacing insulin-producing cells.
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However, the researchers were missing the second half of the pancreatic equation: cells, like alpha cells, that sense blood sugar and secrete a hormone to offset insulin's effects.
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The current method f producing beta cells leads to cells that resemble alpha cells a little too much.
How To Improve Production Of Key Diabetes Cells From hESCs
Our data have shown, for the first time, that GPR119 is selectively expressed in alpha cells, not beta cells, and is most likely involved in regulating glucagon secretion not insulin secretion directly.
United Kingdom : Innovative pancreatic research expands treatment horizons for people with type 2 diabetes
In a recently published study in Nature, it is demonstrated that SGLT2 is expressed in glucagon- secreting alpha cells of the pancreatic islets.
Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a 27 year-old female patient with type-1-Diabetes treated with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor Canagliflozin
glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion from L cells and alpha cells.
Do glucagonomas always produce glucagon?
GLP-1 is a naturally-occurring peptide hormone that is released within minutes after eating a meal and is known to suppress glucagon secretion from pancreatic alpha cells and stimulate glucose-dependent insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells.
Sanofi's NDA for lixisenatide passes US FDA acceptance for treating adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)

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