Archive for the tag: Insulin

Jan 23

Regulation of Insulin Release and Insulin Action

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Discusses the mechanism that causes insulin release from the beta cells of the pancreas and how insulin causes uptake of glucose into cells.
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New Drug Cocktail Increases Beta Cells at Rapid Rate

Andrew Stewart, MD, Director of the Mount Sinai Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Institute and researchers at Mount Sinai have discovered a novel combination of two classes of drugs that induces the highest rate of proliferation ever observed in adult human beta cells—the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. The result is an important step toward a diabetes treatment that restores the body’s ability to produce insulin.
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May 18

The Mechanism of Insulin Release by Pancreatic β-cells

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This video dissects the mechanism by which the Pancreatic β-cells sense blood glucose levels and secrete a proportional amount of insulin through negative feedback.