The Rise and the Fall of Betatrophin/ANGPTL8 as an Inducer of β-Cell Proliferation

Diabetes is a global health problem that is caused by impaired insulin production from pancreatic β-cells. Efforts to regenerate β-cells have been advancing rapidly in the past two decades with progress made towards identifying new agents that induce β-cells regeneration. ANGPTL8, also named betatro...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Abu-Farha, Ashraf Al Madhoun, Jehad Abubaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4860595
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