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Anomeric specificity of glucose-induced somatostatin secretion |
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| Authors: | V Leclercq-Meyer M C Woussen-Colle C Lalieu J Marchand W J Malaisse |
| Affiliation: | Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Brussels Free University, Belgium. |
| Abstract: | In isolated perfused rat pancreases, the alpha-anomer of D-glucose is more potent than beta-D-glucose not solely in stimulating insulin release and suppressing glucagon output, but also in causing somatostatin secretion. |
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