Sentences with phrase «called islet amyloid polypeptide»
The cells also produce a hormone called islet amyloid polypeptide, or IAPP.
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People with Type 2 diabetes have an excess of a protein called islet amyloid polypeptide, or IAPP, and the accumulation of this protein is linked to the loss of insulin - producing pancreatic beta cells.