Prohibitin expression and function in ethanol treated pancreatic beta-cells

Type 2 diabetes is now recognized as a worldwide epidemic. Pancreatic beta-cell decompensation in the presence of insulin resistance is a major mechanism for the development of type 2 diabetes and may be triggered by mitochondrial dysfunction. Alcoholism is a known risk factor for type 2 diabetes....

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Main Author: Lee, Jong Han
Other Authors: Nyomba, B.L.Grégoire(Physiology)
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4164