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Pathological β-Cell Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Type 2 Diabetes: Current Evidence.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2021
Shrestha Neha, De Franco Elisa, Arvan Peter, Cnop Miriam
Abstract excerpt
The notion that in diabetes pancreatic β-cells express endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers indicative of increased unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling is no longer in doubt. However, what remains controversial is whether this increase in ER stress response actually contributes importantly to the β-cell failure of type 2 diabetes (akin to 'terminal UPR'), or whether it represents a coping mechanism...
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