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The human L-type calcium channel Cav1.3 regulates insulin release and polymorphisms in CACNA1D associate with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 2013
Reinbothe T M, Alkayyali S, Ahlqvist E, Tuomi T, Isomaa B, Lyssenko V, Renström E
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Voltage-gated calcium channels of the L-type have been shown to be essential for rodent pancreatic beta cell function, but data about their presence and regulation in humans are incomplete. We therefore sought to elucidate which L-type channel isoform is functionally important and its association with inherited diabetes-related phenotypes. METHODS: Beta cells of human islets from cadaver donors...
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