Taurine supplementation regulates pancreatic islet function in response to potentiating agents in leptin-deficient obese mice

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2015:803:371-85. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15126-7_28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Glucose / drug effects
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cholinergic Agonists / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Insulin / metabolism
  • Insulin Secretion
  • Islets of Langerhans / drug effects*
  • Islets of Langerhans / physiology
  • Leptin / deficiency
  • Leptin / genetics
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Obese
  • Obesity / metabolism
  • Obesity / physiopathology
  • Protein Kinase C / metabolism
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / agonists
  • Taurine / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Cholinergic Agonists
  • Insulin
  • Leptin
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3
  • Taurine
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Calcium