Studies of the effect of glucose on insulin-secreting cells

The long terra effects of glucose on the rate of (pro) insulin biosynthesis and the amount of preproinsulin mRNA in rat islets maintained in tissue culture were investigated. The rate of (pro)insulin synthesis was 35 times greater in islets cultured for 6 days in 8 mM glucose than it was in islets c...

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Main Author: Pidduck, Clare
Published: University of Leicester 1987
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.380325