pancreatic islets

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pancreatic islets

(or islets of Langerhans) Scattered endocrine regions in the pancreas that produce glucagon and insulin.
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SERAXIS' leading technology includes GMP-grade, pure pancreatic islets that contain 60-90% of insulin-secreting beta cells.
Insulin dependent diabetes is a multifactorial disorder that could be theoretically cured by functional pancreatic islets and autologous insulin producing cells, or AIP cells, implantation.
The alcoholism has a major effect on pancreatic islets cells and their insulin secretion.
[USA] Aug 31(ANI): Insulin, a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets, boosts immune health, according to a new study.
The Seraxis investigators further showed that the islet clusters functioned like mature pancreatic islets, secreting insulin shortly after transplantation in response to fluctuations in glucose in a rodent model of diabetes.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers tissue-engineered human pancreatic islets in a laboratory that develop a circulatory system, secrete hormones like insulin and successfully treat sudden-onset type 1 diabetes in transplanted mice.
Replacement strategies include the transplantation of whole human/porcine pancreatic islets, beta cell pseudoislets, or the application of islet progenitors derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) [4, 5].
Uskokovic et al., "Protective effects of the mushroom Lactarius deterrimus extract on systemic oxidative stress and pancreatic islets in streptozotocininduced diabetic rats," Journal of Diabetes Research, vol.
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