Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Mziaut H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2206595 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mziaut Hassan H Kersting Stephan S Knoch Klaus-Peter KP Fan Wan-Hung WH Trajkovski Mirko M Erdmann Katja K Bergert Hendrik H Ehehalt Florian F Saeger Hans-Detlev HD Solimena Michele M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080104 2
Changes in metabolic demands dynamically regulate the total mass of adult pancreatic beta-cells to adjust insulin secretion and preserve glucose homeostasis. Glucose itself is a major regulator of beta-cell proliferation by inducing insulin secretion and activating beta-cell insulin receptors. Here, we show that islet cell autoantigen 512 (ICA512)/IA-2, an intrinsic tyrosine phosphatase-like protein of the secretory granules, activates a complementary pathway for beta-cell proliferation. On gran ...[more]