Most treatments for diabetes focus on insulin, but its counterpart -- the hormone glucagon that is produced by alpha cells in the pancreas -- has received comparatively little attention ...

Figure 1: Endocrine cells in human pancreatic islets express cholinergic markers. Figure 2: Human alpha cells express vAChT and ChAT. Figure 3: Isolated human islets secrete acetylcholine (ACh ...

(Alpha cells generate the hormone glucagon in response to low blood sugar to restore normal blood sugar levels.) They also discovered that the alpha cells that give rise to new beta cells ...

Another cell type in the pancreas called alpha-cells are the natural counterpart of beta-cells as they act to increase blood sugar levels by secreting the hormone glucagon. A precisely tuned ...

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Reprogramming cells to fight diabetes Date: February 23, 2013 Source: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Summary: For years researchers have been searching for a way to ...

Beta cells play a key role in the pathogenesis of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. However, pancreatic islets also have alpha cells that produce the hormone glucagon, which acts to raise glucose blood ...

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Most treatments for diabetes focus on insulin, but its counterpart - the hormone glucagon that is produced by alpha cells in the pancreas - has received comparatively little attention, says study ...

In findings that add to the prospects of regenerating insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes, researchers in Europe -- co-funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ...