Minireview: MicroRNA Function in Pancreatic β Cells
| Autor: | Sabire Özcan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Insulin medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine Biology medicine.disease Exocytosis Cell biology MicroRNAs Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Insulin-Secreting Cells Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine microRNA medicine Humans Glucose homeostasis Endocrine system Minireview Pancreas Molecular Biology Function (biology) |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Endocrinology. 28:1922-1933 |
| ISSN: | 1944-9917 0888-8809 |
| Popis: | MicroRNAs are small noncoding ribonucleotides that regulate mRNA translation or degradation and have major roles in cellular function. MicroRNA (miRNA) levels are deregulated or altered in many diseases. There is overwhelming evidence that miRNAs also play an important role in the regulation of glucose homeostasis and thereby may contribute to the establishment of diabetes. MiRNAs have been shown to affect insulin levels by regulating insulin production, insulin exocytosis, and endocrine pancreas development. Although a large number of miRNAs have been identified from pancreatic β-cells using various screens, functional studies that link most of the identified miRNAs to regulation of pancreatic β-cell function are lacking. This review focuses on miRNAs with important roles in regulation of insulin production, insulin secretion, and β-cell development, and will discuss only miRNAs with established roles in β-cell function. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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