Identification of early biological changes in palmitate-treated isolated human islets

Abstract Background Long-term exposure to elevated levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) is deleterious for beta-cell function and may contribute to development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Whereas mechanisms of impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in FFA-treated beta-cells have b...

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Main Authors: Ernest Sargsyan, Jing Cen, Kirsten Roomp, Reinhard Schneider, Peter Bergsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-5008-z