Insulin granule dynamics in pancreatic beta cells

P Rorsman, E Renström - Diabetologia, 2003 - Springer
Glucose-induced insulin secretion in response to a step increase in blood glucose
concentrations follows a biphasic time course consisting of a rapid and transient first phase …

Molecular mechanisms of endolysosomal Ca2+ signalling in health and disease

AJ Morgan, FM Platt, E Lloyd-Evans… - Biochemical …, 2011 - portlandpress.com
Endosomes, lysosomes and lysosome-related organelles are emerging as important Ca2+
storage cellular compartments with a central role in intracellular Ca2+ signalling …

Structural basis of human KCNQ1 modulation and gating

J Sun, R MacKinnon - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
KCNQ1, also known as Kv7. 1, is a voltage-dependent K+ channel that regulates gastric
acid secretion, salt and glucose homeostasis, and heart rhythm. Its functional properties are …

GLP‐1 receptor activated insulin secretion from pancreatic β‐cells: mechanism and glucose dependence

AR Meloni, MB DeYoung, C Lowe… - Diabetes, Obesity and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The major goal in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus is to control the hyperglycaemia
characteristic of the disease. However, treatment with common therapies such as insulin or …

Amazing chloride channels: an overview

B Nilius, G Droogmans - Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: This review describes molecular and functional properties of the following Cl–channels:
the ClC family of voltage‐dependent Cl–channels, the cAMP‐activated transmembrane …

The TRPM7 ion channel functions in cholinergic synaptic vesicles and affects transmitter release

G Krapivinsky, S Mochida, L Krapivinsky, SM Cibulsky… - Neuron, 2006 - cell.com
A longstanding hypothesis is that ion channels are present in the membranes of synaptic
vesicles and might affect neurotransmitter release. Here we demonstrate that TRPM7, a …

Potassium channels in the regulation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell proliferation and apoptosis: pharmacotherapeutic implications

ED Burg, CV Remillard… - British journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining the proper balance between cell apoptosis and proliferation is required for
normal tissue homeostasis; when this balance is disrupted, disease such as pulmonary …

The exocrine pancreas: the acinar-ductal tango in physiology and pathophysiology

P Hegyi, OH Petersen - Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and …, 2013 - Springer
There are many reviews of pancreatic acinar cell function and also of pancreatic duct
function, but there is an almost total absence of synthetic reviews bringing the integrated …