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Diabetes and insulin secretion: the ATP-sensitive K+ channel (K ATP) connection.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 2005
Koster Joseph C, Permutt M Alan, Nichols Colin G
Abstract excerpt
The ATP-sensitive K+ channel (K ATP channel) senses metabolic changes in the pancreatic beta-cell, thereby coupling metabolism to electrical activity and ultimately to insulin secretion. When K ATP channels open, beta-cells hyperpolarize and insulin secretion is suppressed. The prediction that K ATP channel "overactivity" should cause a diabetic state due to undersecretion of insulin has been dramatically borne...
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