Glucose-sensing Receptor in Pancreatic Beta-cells

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kojima, Itaru (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Human physiology.; Endocrinology .; Human Physiology.; Endocrinology.

Since the 1970s, there has been much discussion about the "glucoreceptor" and "substrate site" and which of these two is the dominant theory, but new findings on the glucose-sensing receptor have now shed new light on the "glucoreceptor theory." This volume reviews rece...

Table of Contents:

• 1 HISTORY OF THE RESEARCH ON THE GLUCOSE RECEPTOR
• 2 Cell-surface Glucoreceptor Recognizing Anomers of Glucose in Pancreatic b-cells
• 3 KATP CHANNEL-INDEPENDENT PATHWAY and THE GLUCORECEPTOR
• 4 Signaling System Activated by the Glucose-sensing Receptor
• 5 The Role of the Glucose-sensing Receptor in Glucose-induced Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic b-cells.