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Pancreatic β-cell KATP channels: Hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia.
Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders - 1 Sept 2010
Bennett Kate, James Chela, Hussain Khalid
Abstract excerpt
The pancreatic β-cell ATP-sensitive K(+) channel (K(ATP) channel) plays a critical role in glucose homeostasis by linking glucose metabolism to electrical excitability and insulin secretion. Changes in the intracellular ratio of ATP/ADP mediate the metabolic regulation of channel activity. The β-cell K(ATP) channel is a hetero-octameric complex composed of two types of subunits: four inward-rectifying potassium...
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