11. (Journal Article): Glucagon-like peptide I analogues: effects on insulin secretion and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate formation.

Gefel D, Hendrick GK, Mojsov S, Habener J, Weir GE
 
ABSTRACT: Glucagon-like peptide 1-(7-37) [GLP-I-(7-37)] is a 31-amino acid hormone which may have an important role in the regulation of insulin secretion, It is processed from preproglucago...

12. (Journal Article): Increased Transcriptional Preproinsulin II Beta-Cell Activity in Neonatal Nonobese Diabetic Mice: In Situ Hybridization Analysis

Throsby M, Coulaud J, Durant S, Homo-Delarche F
 
ABSTRACT: In the prediabetic nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse, a spontaneous model of type 1 diabetes, we previously reported transient postweaning hyperinsulinemia followed by progressive isle...

13. (Journal Article): Novel Insights in the Regulation of the Immune System: A Report on the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Autoimmunity, 2003

Gronski MA
 
ABSTRACT: The bi-annual FASEB autoimmunity conference organized last year by Betty Diamond and Stephen Miller brought together some 150 delegates studying various aspects of autoimmune disea...

14. (Journal Article): Regeneration of pancreatic beta cells from intra-islet precursor cells in an experimental model of diabetes.

Guz Y, Nasir I, Teitelman G
 
ABSTRACT: We previously reported that new beta cells differentiated in pancreatic islets of mice in which diabetes was produced by injection of a high dose of the beta cell toxin streptozoto...

15. (Journal Article): Nestin-positive progenitor cells derived from adult human pancreatic islets of Langerhans contain side population (SP) cells defined by expression of the ABCG2 (BCRP1) ATP-binding cassette transporter.

Lechner A, Leech CA, Abraham EJ, Nolan AL, Habener JF
 
ABSTRACT: The disease diabetes mellitus arises as a consequence of a failure of the beta-cells in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas to produce insulin in the amounts required to meet ...

16. (Journal Article): The efficacy of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. (silymarin) in the treatment of type II diabetes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.

Huseini HF, Larijani B, Heshmat R, Fakhrzadeh H, Radjabipour B, Toliat T, Raza M.
 
ABSTRACT: Oxidative stresses are increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications which may either cause direct pancreatic beta-cell damage or lead to metabolic abnormal...

17. (Journal Article): "Low Dose" Metformin Improves Hyperglycemia Better Than Acarbose in Type 2 Diabetics

Yajima K, Shimada A, Hirose H, Kasuga A, Saruta T
 
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: "High dose" metformin therapy (2,550 mg/day) is reported to improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients with obesity (body mass index (BMI) >= 30)...

18. (Journal Article): Transcribing pancreas.

Edlund H
 
ABSTRACT: For approximately 30-35 years, our insight into some of the fundamental aspects of pancreas development has been based mainly on two independent studies performed in the 1960s by G...

19. (Journal Article): Diabetes mellitus: report of a WHO study group. WHO, Geneva.

World Health Organization
 
ABSTRACT: n/a

20. (Journal Article): The role of GLP-1 in the life and death of pancreatic beta cells.

Perfetti R, Hui H
 
ABSTRACT: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a peptide hormone produce by intestinal cells, has recently been shown to be capable of modulating islet cell mass. Administration of GLP-1 to rode...