Impaired pro-islet amyloid polypeptide processing promotes beta-cell dysfunction in diabetes and islet transplants
Soaring rates of diabetes highlight the importance of controlling this global epidemic, with an estimated 415 million people thought to be living with diabetes in 2015. The defining characteristic of diabetes is elevated fasting blood glucose levels, or hyperglycemia, which if not controlled promote...
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University of British Columbia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/59064 |