"Insulin-Secreting Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete INSULIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D050417
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.734.414.131 A06.390.131 A06.407.414.087 A11.382.625.092 A11.436.294.092
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| Concept/Terms |
Insulin-Secreting Cells- Insulin-Secreting Cells
- Cell, Insulin-Secreting
- Cells, Insulin-Secreting
- Insulin Secreting Cells
- Insulin-Secreting Cell
- beta Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic beta Cell
- beta Cell, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic B Cells
- B Cell, Pancreatic
- B Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic B Cell
- Pancreatic beta Cells
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| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Insulin-Secreting Cells" by people in Profiles.
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Reduced circulating sphingolipids and CERS2 activity are linked to T2D risk and impaired insulin secretion. Sci Adv. 2025 Jan 10; 11(2):eadr1725.
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Impact of Gastric Banding Versus Metformin on ß-Cell Function in Adults With Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Mild Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2018 12; 41(12):2544-2551.
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Association of weight gain and fifteen adipokines with declining beta-cell function in Mexican Americans. PLoS One. 2018; 13(8):e0201568.
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Elevated Medium-Chain Acylcarnitines Are Associated With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Early Progression to Type 2 Diabetes and Induce Pancreatic ß-Cell Dysfunction. Diabetes. 2018 05; 67(5):885-897.
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A Genome-Wide Association Study of IVGTT-Based Measures of First-Phase Insulin Secretion Refines the Underlying Physiology of Type 2 Diabetes Variants. Diabetes. 2017 08; 66(8):2296-2309.
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Diabetes Pathology and Risk of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Evaluating Causal Mechanisms by Using Genetic Information. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Jan 15; 183(2):147-55.
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High calorie intake is associated with worsening insulin resistance and ß-cell function in Hispanic women after gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care. 2014 Dec; 37(12):3294-300.
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Genetic variation in MTNR1B is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus and contributes only to the absolute level of beta cell compensation in Mexican Americans. Diabetologia. 2014 Jul; 57(7):1391-9.
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Restoring Insulin Secretion (RISE): design of studies of ß-cell preservation in prediabetes and early type 2 diabetes across the life span. Diabetes Care. 2014; 37(3):780-8.
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Longitudinal changes in insulin sensitivity and beta cell function between women with and without a history of gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia. 2013 Dec; 56(12):2753-60.