Modeling the Building Blocks of the Pancreatic Islet: Connecting α-, β-, and δ-cells
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Queen, Kendall. “Modeling the Building Blocks of the Pancreatic Islet: Connecting α-, β-, and δ-cells.” UMBC Review: Journal of Undergraduate Research 16 (2015): 11–34. https://ur.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/354/2015/11/UMBC_ReviewVol16.pdf#page=11
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Abstract
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by high blood glucose levels. Type I diabetes, a result of destroyed β-cells, prevents the body from producing insulin in order to effectively decrease blood glucose levels. Type II diabetes occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin. The portion of the United States population that is affected by diabetes grew from 8.3 percent in 2010 to 9.3 percent in 2012, or from 25.8 million people to 29.1 million people.