Blocking of Ca2+-channels β3 subunit reverses diabetes On the web-site of Karolinska Institutet, there is a recent press release regarding new findings, published in the scientific journal Cell Reports; “Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that one of the building blocks in the calcium channels in the pancreatic beta cells play an important role in …
As has been published on the Karolinska Institutet’s website, Per-Olof Berggren, Professor of Experimental Endocrinology and Research Group Leader of the group Signal Transduction at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery has been elected member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, KAST. Read more: Press release in English: Per-Olof Berggren elected member of the Korean Academy …
The body’s “glucostat” identified On the web-site of Karolinska Institutet, there is a recent post regarding a new findings, published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism; “It is the pancreatic islets that have the overall responsibility for maintaining normal blood glucose levels in our bodies, according to a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet …
Inositides are involved in regulating the insulin release from the pancreatic beta cell. New findings are published in Advances in Biological Regulation in September 2012. Inositides take an active part in regulating many vital processes in all cells in the organism. Depending on its primary function, cells have a specific footprint of what inositides they …