MA Ravier, M Güldenagel, A Charollais, A Gjinovci, D … - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc Normal insulin secretion requires the coordinated functioning of β-cells within pancreatic islets.
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MA Ravier, M Guldenagel, A Charollais, A Gjinovci, D … - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc Normal insulin secretion requires the coordinated func- tioning of -cells within pancreatic islets.
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cells. In this study, we investigated whether the expression of Cx36 is regulated by glucose in
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S Le Gurun, D Martin, A Formenton, P Maechler, D … - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB Connexin-36 (Cx36) is a gap junction protein expressed by the insulin-producing β-cells. We
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S Speier, A Gjinovci, A Charollais, P Meda, M Rupnik - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc We studied the effect of gap junctional coupling on the excitability of β-cells in slices of
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- ►physiology.org I Quesada, E Fuentes, E Andreu, P Meda, … - American Journal of …, 2003 - Am Physiological Soc Pancreatic -cells constitute a well-communicating multicellular network that permits a coordinated
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V Serre-Beinier, S Le Gurun, N Belluardo, A Trovato- … - Diabetes, 2000 - Am Diabetes Assoc Previous studies have provided evidence for the tran- scripts of Cx43 and Cx45 within pancreatic
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M Theis, C Mas, B Döring, J Degen, C Brink, D … - Experimental cell …, 2004 - Elsevier Transcripts of three connexin isoforms (Cx36, Cx43 and Cx45) have been reported in rodent pancreatic
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