Pancreatic Beta Cell in Health and Disease - Seino, Susumu; Bell, Graeme I.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Pancreatic Beta Cell and Insulin Biosynthesis -- Architecture of Pancreatic Islets -- Transcriptional Regulation of Insulin Gene Expression -- The Biosynthesis of Insulin -- Cell Signaling and Insulin Secretion -- Metabolic Regulation of Insulin Secretion -- Mechanisms of Beta-Cell Death in Diabetes -- Ion Channels and Insulin Secretion -- Gap Junctions and Insulin Secretion -- Protein Kinase A-Independent Mechanism of cAMP in Insulin Secretion -- Regulation of Insulin Granule Exocytosis -- Mechanism of Insulin Exocytosis Analyzed by Imaging Techniques -- Two-Photon Excitation Imaging of Insulin Exocytosis -- Pancreatic Development and Beta-Cell Formation -- Regulation of Beta-Cell Growth and Death -- Beta-Cell Replication -- Stem Cells as a Cure for Diabetes -- Use of Extra-Pancreatic Tissues for Cell Replacement Therapy for Diabetes -- Incretins and Beta-Cell Function -- Molecular Biology of Gluco-Incretin Function -- Incretins and Regulation of Insulin Secretion -- Pancreatic Beta Cell and Disease -- Pancreatic Islet Pathology in Type 2 Diabetes -- Genetic Disorders of the Pancreatic Beta Cell and Diabetes (Permanent Neonatal Diabetes and Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young) -- ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Health and Disease -- Glucokinase in Glucose Homeostasis, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypoglycemia, and as Drug Receptor.
Keywords: Cell biology; Diabetes; Molecular biology; Internal medicine; Cell Biology; Diabetes; Molecular Medicine; Internal Medicine