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SUBMITTER: Denton JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733341 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Denton Jerod Scott JS Jacobson David Aaron DA
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM 20111129 1
Maintaining blood glucose homeostasis is a complex process that depends on pancreatic islet hormone secretion. Hormone secretion from islets is coupled to calcium entry which results from regenerative islet cell electrical activity. Therefore, the ionic mechanisms that regulate calcium entry into islet cells are crucial for maintaining normal glucose homeostasis. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including five located in or near ion-c ...[more]