Abstract
Several recent reports, including one in this journal, have reignited the debate about whether the calcium-mobilizing messenger, nicotinic adenine nucleotide diphosphate (NAADP) plays a central role in the regulation of calcium signalling in pancreatic β-cell. These studies have highlighted a role for NAADP-induced Ca(2+) mobilization not only in mediating the effects of the incretin, GLP-1 and the autocrine proliferative effects of insulin, but also possibly a fundamental role in glucose-mediated insulin secretion in the pancreatic β-cell.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 323-30 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Islets |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 5 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Animals
- Calcium
- Calcium Channels
- Calcium Signaling
- Humans
- Insulin-Secreting Cells
- NADP