Epoxypukalide Induces Proliferation and Protects against Cytokine-Mediated Apoptosis in Primary Cultures of Pancreatic β-Cells

There is an urgency to find new treatments for the devastating epidemic of diabetes. Pancreatic β-cells viability and function are impaired in the two most common forms of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Regeneration of pancreatic β-cells has been proposed as a potential therapy for diabetes. In a prel...

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Main Authors: López-Acosta, José Francisco, Moreno-Amador, José Luis, Jiménez-Palomares, Margarita, Díaz-Marrero, Ana R., Cueto, Mercedes, Perdomo, Germán, Cózar-Castellano, Irene
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534672/