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Methyl pyruvate stimulates pancreatic beta-cells by a direct effect on KATP channels, and not as a mitochondrial substrate.

In pancreatic beta-cells, methyl pyruvate is a potent secretagogue and is widely used to study stimulus-secretion coupling. In contrast with pyruvate, which barely stimulates insulin secretion, methyl pyruvate was suggested to act as an effective mitochondrial substrate. We show that methyl pyruvate...

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Main Authors: Düfer, Martina, Krippeit-Drews, Peter, Buntinas, Linas, Siemen, Detlef, Drews, Gisela
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2002
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1223048/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12350226
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20020657
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