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a small island
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Moreover, we also found that the ghrelin-ip cells were located in both the pancreatic exocrine portion and pancreatic islets of the African ostrich; however, several ghrelinimmunor-eactive cells were also found among the pancreatic islet cells, and ghrelin-ip cells were located mostly at the periphery of the islet, a few ghrelin-ip cells were found in the central portion of the pancreatic islets.
Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Pancreas of the African Ostrich
Hyperglycemia induces apoptosis of pancreatic islet endothelial cells via reactive nitrogen species-mediated Jun N-terminal kinase activation.
Effect of Citrullus colocynthis aqueous seed extract on beta cell regeneration and intra-islet vasculature in alloxan induced diabetic male albino rats
KYOTO - Kyoto University Hospital said Friday it successfully transplanted pancreatic islets from a brain-dead donor to a diabetes patient on Sunday.
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2] adrenergic receptor on whole-body glucose homeostasis and insulin secretion on pancreatic islets.
Pancreatic islets isolated from [[beta].sub.2] adrenergic receptor knockout mice show reduced insulin secretion in response to nutrients/Ilhotas pancreaticas isoladas de camundongos com delecao do receptor adrenergico [[beta].sub.2] apresenta reduzida secrecao de insulina em resposta a nutrientes
Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that 25-OH-D was one of the influential factors of pancreatic islet b cell function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D is closely related with the function of the pancreatic islet b cells
The team of Atsushi Miyajima, a professor at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the University of Tokyo, and Ami Watanabe, a researcher at the institute, confirmed that the pancreatic islet functioned properly and lowered blood sugar levels to normal once transplanted into a mouse with a type of diabetes.
Japanese researchers generate pancreatic islet with iPS cells
Sunitinib doubles progression-free survival in pancreatic islet cell tumours
11th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
Our studies explore the feasibility of Raman spectroscopy in differentiation and functional studies of pancreatic islet cells.
Raman spectroscopic analysis of pancreatic islets
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body's "insulin factory" - pancreatic islet cells - is gradually destroyed by specialised white blood cells called "killer" T-cells.
Diabetes cure breakthrough
Topics here include the role of the rise of obesity in insulin resistance, treatment options (weight loss, exercise, hormones and surgery), links with cardiovascular disease from an epidemiological perspective, influence of the sympatho-adrenal system, insulin action and endothelial function, vascular disease in pre-diabetic animal models, highly sensitive C-reactive protein, insulin signaling, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia, pancreatic islet therapy in obesity; influence from glucagon peptides, insulin receptor substrates, tyrosine kinase, muscle fat, alterations in atypical protein kinase C activation, the liver and glucose homeostasis; and the chronomics of the syndrome.
The metabolic syndrome; epidemiology, clinical treatment, and underlying mechanisms
Relative effects of pregnancy, estradiol, and progesterone on plasma insulin and pancreatic islet insulin secretion.
The estrogenic effect of bisphenol a disrupts pancreatic [beta]-cell function in vivo and induces insulin resistance
Meanwhile, it was confirmed that in the leaf skin, there were some components exhibiting inhibitory actions of hyperglycemia as a result of the prevention of necrotic inflammation of pancreatic islet B cells (Beppu et al.
Inhibitory effects of aloe carboxypeptidase fraction on streptozotocin-induced enhancement of vascular permeability in the pancreatic islets

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