Sentences with phrase «islet function»
Islet function refers to the ability of small clusters of cells in the pancreas, called islets of Langerhans, to produce and release important hormones like insulin for regulating blood sugar levels in the body. Full definition
While pursuing his doctoral thesis on regulatory peptides modulating islet function in Sir Steve Bloom's laboratory in England, Dr. Kulkarni trained in the Diabetes Unit at Hammersmith Hospital in London.
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The far more nuanced and precise data produced by single cell analyses will allow for better understanding of pancreatic islet function and dysfunction at the cellular level.
Mesenchymal stromal cells improve transplanted islet survival and islet function in a syngeneic mouse model.
Nonetheless, most retained at least some islet function, protecting them against so - called «hypoglycaemic unawareness», in which people can not recognise the early signs of low blood sugar.
The results indicate that beta cell function does not decline with age, and instead suggest that islet function is threatened by an age - dependent impairment of vessels that support them with oxygen and nutrients,» says Per - Olof Berggren at the Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet, who led the study together with Alejandro Caicedo at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Hong Gil Nam at DGIST in Republic of Korea.