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Angiopoetin-2 Signals Do Not Mediate the Hypervascularization of Islets in Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract AIMS: Changes in the islet vasculature have been implicated in the regulation of β-cell survival and function during the…

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Noninvasive Tracking of Encapsulated Insulin Producing Cells Labelled with Magnetic Microspheres by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract Microencapsulated islets are usually injected free-floating into the peritoneal cavity, so the position of the grafts remains elusive after…

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Proproliferative and antiapoptotic action of exogenously introduced YAP in pancreatic β cells

Abstract: Loss of functional pancreatic β cells is a hallmark of both type 1 and 2 diabetes. Identifying the pathways…

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Impairment of neurovascular coupling in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in rats is prevented by pancreatic islet transplantation and reversed by a semi-selective PKC inhibitor

Abstract: Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced chronic hyperglycemia has a detrimental effect on neurovascular coupling, linked to increased PKC-mediated phosphorylation and PKC isoform…

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