The Islets of Langerhans /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Islam, Md. Shahidul. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 654
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Islet of Langerhans
  • The Comparative Anatomy of Islets
  • Approaches for Imaging Islets: Recent Advances and Future Prospects
  • Islet Cell Development
  • High Fat Programming of ?-Cell Failure
  • Nutrient Regulation of Insulin Secretion and ?-Cell Functional Integrity
  • Electrophysiology of Islet Cells
  • ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Health and Disease
  • Role of Mitochondria in ?-cell Function and Dysfunction
  • Basement Membrane in Pancreatic Islet Function
  • Calcium Signaling in the Islets
  • Electrical Bursting, Calcium Oscillations, and Synchronization of Pancreatic Islets
  • Cyclic AMP Signaling in Pancreatic Islets
  • Exocytosis in Islet ?-Cells
  • The Novel Roles of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, Angiotensin II, and Vitamin D in Islet Function
  • Proteomics and Islet Research
  • Wnt Signaling in Pancreatic Islets
  • Molecular Pathways Underlying the Pathogenesis of Pancreatic ?-Cell Dysfunction
  • Mechanisms of Pancreatic ?-Cell Apoptosis in Diabetes and Its Therapies
  • ?-Cell Function in Obese-Hyperglycemic Mice [ob/ob Mice]
  • Islet Structure and Function in the GK Rat
  • The ?-Cell in Human Type 2 Diabetes
  • Clinical Approaches to Preserve ?-Cell Function in Diabetes
  • Immunology of ?-Cell Destruction
  • Toll-Like Receptors and Type 1 Diabetes
  • Prevention of ?-Cell Destruction in Autoimmune Diabetes: Current Approaches and Future Prospects
  • In Vivo Regeneration of Insulin-Producing ?-Cells
  • Customized Cell-Based Treatment Options to Combat Autoimmunity and Restore ?-Cell Function in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Current Protocols and Future Perspectives
  • The Programmable Cell of Monocytic Origin (PCMO): A Potential Adult Stem/Progenitor Cell Source for the Generation of Islet Cells
  • Islet Isolation for Clinical Transplantation
  • Human Islet Autotransplantation: The Trail Thus Far and the Highway Ahead
  • Modulation of Early Inflammatory Reactions to Promote Engraftment and Function of Transplanted Pancreatic Islets in Autoimmune Diabetes
  • Successes and Disappointments with Clinical Islet Transplantation
  • Islet Cell Tumours.