eLife (Jan 2024)

Synchronizing beta cells in the pancreas

Bradford E Peercy,
David J Hodson

Affiliations

Bradford E Peercy: ORCiD; Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, United States
David J Hodson: ORCiD; Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.95103
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13

Abstract

The secretion of insulin from the pancreas relies on both gap junctions and subpopulations of beta cells with specific intrinsic properties.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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