Taurine regulates insulin release from pancreatic beta cell lines

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pancreatic β-cells release insulin via an electrogenic response triggered by an increase in plasma glucose concentrations. The critical plasma glucose concentration has been determined to be ~3 mM, at which time both insulin and GABA...

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Main Authors: L’Amoreaux William J, Cuttitta Christina, Santora Allison, Blaize Jonathan F, Tachjadi Janto, El Idrissi Abdeslem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science