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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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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
It works by restoring the human beta and alpha cell populations in the pancreas.
Pancreatic stem cell proliferator boosts beta, alpha cell populations
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.
Flies "R" us: fruit fly cells mimic the mammalian pancreas
In younger age group, the alcoholism increased the blood glucose level by increasing the appetite as well as by stimulating the alpha cells in islets.
MICROANATOMIC STUDY OF HUMAN PANCREATIC ISLETS IN ALCOHOLICS AND NON-ALCOHOLICS--A DESCRIPTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY
Failure to suppress glucagon secretion from the alpha cells of the pancreas contributes to hyperglycaemia.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
In a recently published study in Nature, it is demonstrated that SGLT2 is expressed in glucagon- secreting alpha cells of the pancreatic islets.14 The investigators further found that expression of SLC5A2 (which encodes SGLT2) was lower and glucagon (GCG) gene expression was higher in islets from type 2 diabetic individuals and in normal islets exposed to chronic hyperglycemia than in islets from non-diabetics.
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. Nat Med.
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)
This latter finding is likely a consequence of GLP-1--based therapies' suppression of the release of glucagon by alpha cells, since decreasing the availability or action of the hormone glucagon has been shown in a variety of prior studies to induce a proliferation of pancreatic alpha cells.
Newer diabetes drugs may be harming your pancreas
The two main types of pancreatic cells are alpha cells and beta cells.
AMSA student interns at Harvard laboratory
Alpha cells in the pancreas can spontaneously transform into insulin-producing beta cells, researchers report online April 4 in Nature.
Insulin-producing cells regenerate: mouse experiments suggest potential diabetes treatment

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