title: Unraveling pancreatic islet biology by quantitative proteomics.
abstract: The pancreatic islets of Langerhans play a critical role in maintaining blood glucose homeostasis by secreting insulin and several other important peptide hormones. Impaired insulin secretion due to islet dysfunction is linked to the pathogenesis underlying both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Over the past 5 years, emerging proteomic technologies have been applied to dissect the signaling pathways that regulate islet functions and gain an understanding of the mechanisms of islet dysfunction relevant to diabetes. Herein, we briefly review some of the recent quantitative proteomic studies involving pancreatic islets geared towards gaining a better understanding of islet biology relevant to metabolic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
authors.forename: Jian-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Geoffrey P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Dann
authors.forename: Chong Wee
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Rohit N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: Wei-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*