Glucose stimulates the entry of Ca2+ into the insulin-producing beta cells but not into the glucagon-producing alpha 2 cells.
Rat pancreatic beta and alpha 2 cells were purified by autofluorescence-activated cell sorting and used for electrophysiological patch clamp studies and measurements of the initial uptake of 45Ca. Both beta and alpha 2 cells were electrically active, the action potentials of the latter cells also we...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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