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Discovery of amino acid variants in the human glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor: the impact on the pancreatic beta cell responses and functional expression studies in Chinese hamster fibroblast cells.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 1998
Almind K, Ambye L, Urhammer S A, Hansen T, Echwald S M, Holst J J, Gromada J, Thorens B, Pedersen O
Abstract excerpt
The two incretins, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), are insulinotropic factors released from the small intestine to the blood stream in response to oral glucose ingestion. The insulinotropic effect of GLP-1 is maintained in patients with Type...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- C-Peptide
- Cell Line
- Cricetinae
- Cricetulus
- Cyclic AMP
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide
- Gene Expression
