A Unifying Organ Model of Pancreatic Insulin Secretion.

The secretion of insulin by the pancreas has been the object of much attention over the past several decades. Insulin is known to be secreted by pancreatic β-cells in response to hyperglycemia: its blood concentrations however exhibit both high-frequency (period approx. 10 minutes) and low-frequency...

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Main Authors: Andrea De Gaetano, Claudio Gaz, Pasquale Palumbo, Simona Panunzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4640662?pdf=render