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Causative factors for formation of toxic islet amyloid polypeptide oligomer in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Clinical interventions in aging - 1 Jan 2015
Jeong Hye Rin, An Seong Soo A
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Human islet amyloid polypeptide (h-IAPP) is a peptide hormone that is synthesized and cosecreted with insulin from insulin-secreting pancreatic β-cells. Recently, h-IAPP was proposed to be the main component responsible for the cytotoxic pancreatic amyloid deposits in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Since the causative factors of IAPP (or amylin) oligomer aggregation are not fully understood, this...
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