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Nature Cell Biology 5, 330–335 (1 April 2003) | doi:10.1038/ncb951
Islet |[beta]|-cell secretion determines glucagon release from neighbouring |[alpha]|-cells
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Abstract
Homeostasis of blood glucose is maintained by hormone secretion from the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. Glucose stimulates insulin secretion from β-cells but suppresses the release of glucagon, a hormone that raises blood glucose, from α-cells.
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