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BETA CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beta cell" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Context examples:
The alpha cells make glucagon, which raises the level of glucose in the blood; the beta cells make insulin; the delta cells make somatostatin.
(Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)
An insulin-producing neuroendocrine tumor arising from the beta cells of the pancreas.
(Malignant Pancreatic Insulinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An adenoma arising from the beta cells of the pancreas.
(Pancreatic Beta Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin because the body's immune system has attacked them.
(Pancreatic Diseases, NIH)
Also called beta cell neoplasm, beta cell tumor of the pancreas, and insulinoma.
(Pancreatic insulin-producing tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Linogliride blocks ATP-sensitive potassium channels on the membranes of pancreatic beta cells which stimulates the secretion of insulin and improves glucose tolerance.
(Linogliride, NCI Thesaurus)
The beta cells in these islets will begin to make and release insulin.
(Islet Cell Transplantation, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
This cytosolic protein, a heterodimer of disulfide-linked alpha and beta chains, is produced in pancreatic islet beta cells.
(Insulin, NCI Thesaurus)
Like sulfonylureas, glysobuzole is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.
(Glysobuzole, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called beta cell neoplasm, beta cell tumor of the pancreas, and pancreatic insulin-producing tumor.
(Insulinoma, NCI Dictionary)
