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ATP-sensitive potassium channels in health and disease.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2010
Clark Rebecca, Proks Peter
Abstract excerpt
The ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel plays a crucial role in insulin secretion and thus glucose homeostasis. K(ATP) channel activity in the pancreatic beta-cell is finely balanced; increased activity prevents insulin secretion, whereas reduced activity stimulates insulin release. The beta-cell metabolism tightly regulates K(ATP) channel gating, and if this coupling is perturbed, two distinct disease...
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