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Lipases in the pancreatic beta-cell: implications for insulin secretion.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Oct 2008
Fex Malin, Mulder Hindrik
Abstract excerpt
Lipids have been implicated in beta-cell stimulus-secretion coupling. In such a role, lipases in beta-cells would be required to generate lipid coupling factors. We have shown previously that glucose stimulates lipolysis in rodent islets. In addition, lipolysis and diacylglycerol lipase activity in islets are abolished by orlistat, an irreversible lipase inhibitor with a broad specificity for substrates....
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