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In [[medicine]] and [[physiology]], '''insulin-secreting cells''', also called '''pancreatic beta cells''', are a "type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete [[insulin]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]] and [[physiology]], '''insulin-secreting cells''', also called '''pancreatic beta cells''', are a "type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete [[insulin]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 08:13, 30 September 2009
In medicine and physiology, insulin-secreting cells, also called pancreatic beta cells, are a "type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete insulin."[1]
Beta cell function (HOMA-B) can be measured by:[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Insulin-secreting cell (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Matthews DR, Hosker JP, Rudenski AS, Naylor BA, Treacher DF, Turner RC (July 1985). "Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and beta-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man". Diabetologia 28 (7): 412–9. PMID 3899825. [e]