Disparate results have been reported concerning virus infection in pancreatic beta cells and also in various immune cells. We are investigating the molecular biology of Coxsackie B virus infection in ...

The primary cilia observed in this study came from both animal and human beta cells. The researchers examined how the skeletal structure (axoneme) formed by microtubules is organized. They discovered ...

This is because their immune system kills beta cells found in islets in the pancreas. Beta cells release ... "Single cell RNAseq analysis of cytokine-treated human islets: association of cellular ...

Dysfunctions of the tiny cell processes (primary cilia) of the pancreatic ... beta cells in their natural environment. The ...

Our perspective about glucose toxicity as it pertains to the pancreatic ß-cell is that the characteristic decreases in insulin synthesis and secretion are caused by decreased insulin gene expression.