Modeling the Building Blocks of the Pancreatic Islet: Connecting α-, β-, and δ-cells

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dc.contributor.authorQueen, Kendall
dc.contributor.authorDai, Annie
dc.contributor.authorPalensky, David
dc.contributor.authorPiatski, Alex
dc.contributor.authorVockeroth, Gina
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-15T14:59:04Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractDiabetes 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipThese results were obtained as part of the REU Site: Interdisciplinary Program in High Performance Computing (www.umbc.edu/ hpcreu) in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in Summer 2014. This program is funded jointly by the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency (NSF grant no. DMS–1156976), with additional support from UMBC, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting (CIRC), and the UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF). HPCF is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation through the MRI program (grant nos. CNS–0821258 and CNS–1228778) and the SCREMS program (grant no. DMS–0821311), with additional substantial support from UMBC. Co-author Kendall Queen was supported, in part, by the UMBC National Security Agency (NSA) Scholars Program through a contract with the NSA. Graduate assistant Teresa Lebair was supported during Summer 2014 by UMBC.
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dc.format.extent25 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2dkio-wjwy
dc.identifier.citationQueen, 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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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
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dc.subjectUMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
dc.titleModeling the Building Blocks of the Pancreatic Islet: Connecting α-, β-, and δ-cells
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