Functional architecture of the pancreatic islets: First responder cells drive the first-phase response
V. Kravets, J. M. Dwulet, W. E. Schleicher, D. J. Hodson, A. M. Davis, L. Pyle, R. A. Piscopio, M. Sticco-Ivins, R. K. Benninger
The paper identifies and characterizes first responder beta-cells in pancreatic islets that drive the first-phase calcium response to glucose.
bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2020Biophysics