Ghrelin’s Effects on Proinflammatory Cytokine Mediated Apoptosis and Their Impact on β-Cell Functionality

Ghrelin is a peptidic hormone, which stimulates cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis in several tissues, including pancreas. In preclinical stage of type 1 diabetes, proinflammatory cytokines generate a destructive environment for β-cells known as insulitis, which results in loss of β-cell mass...

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Main Authors: Antonia Diaz-Ganete, Gloria Baena-Nieto, Isabel M. Lomas-Romero, Jose Francisco Lopez-Acosta, Irene Cozar-Castellano, Francisco Medina, Carmen Segundo, Alfonso M. Lechuga-Sancho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/235727
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