The pathogenesis of maturity-onset diabetes mellitus: is there a link to islet amyloid polypeptide?
The pathogenesis of maturity-onset diabetes mellitus: is there a link to islet amyloid polypeptide?
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成年发病糖尿病的发病机制:与胰岛淀粉样多肽有联系吗?
DOI:
10.1002/bies.950090109
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发表时间:
1988
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通讯作者:
Johnson,KH
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作者:
Westermark,P;Johnson,KH
The discovery of a novel polypeptide (Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: IAPP) isolated from human and cat islet amyloid and from amyloid of a human insulinoma is reviewed. Structurally, IAPP from the human and cat resembles calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP). The structural similarities between the neuropeptide CGRP and IAPP support the premise that IAPP is hormonal in nature. Our immunohistochemical studies also indicate that normal islet B‐cells of several mammalian species (including man and cat) give strong immunoreactivity with antiserum directed to a synthetic peptide segment of IAPP. The fact that IAPP is deposited as amyloid in the pancreatic islets of type 2 (noninsulin‐dependent) diabetics strongly supports an important but yet unknown link between IAPP and the development of this disease.