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Allosteric modulation of β-cell M 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors greatly improves glucose home...

Allosteric modulation of β-cell M 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors greatly improves glucose home...

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Allosteric modulation of β-cell M 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors greatly improves glucose homeostasis in lean and obese mice

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Allosteric modulation of β-cell M 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors greatly improves glucose homeostasis in lean and obese mice

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United States

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2019-09, Vol.116 (37), p.18684-18690

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English

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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has emerged as a major threat to human health worldwide. In T2D, pancreatic β cells are unable to release sufficient amounts of insulin to maintain physiological blood glucose levels. Acetylcholine (ACh) stimulates insulin release from mouse and human pancreatic β cells by activating a cell surface receptor known as M
3
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Allosteric modulation of β-cell M 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors greatly improves glucose homeostasis in lean and obese mice

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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_31451647

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_31451647

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1904943116

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