title: While tinkering with the beta-cell...metabolic regulatory mechanisms and new therapeutic strategies: American Diabetes Association Lilly Lecture, 2001.
abstract: A common feature of the two major forms of human diabetes is the partial or complete loss of insulin secretion from beta-cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. In this article, we review the development of a set of tools for studying beta-cell biology and their application to understanding of fuel-mediated insulin secretion and enhancement of beta-cell survival. Insights into these basic issues are likely to be useful for the design of new drug and cell-based diabetes therapies.
authors.affiliation: Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. newga002@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Newgard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D005947:Glucose