Mechanism of action of amylin in bone
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Tatsuya Tamura; Chisato Miyaura; Ichiro Owan; Tatsuo Suda
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Amylin is a 37 amino acid peptide produced mainly by Ξ²βcells of the endocrine pancreas. Human amylin has 43% homology with human calcitonin geneβrelated peptide (CGRP) and 13% homology with human calcitonin (CT). Amylin and CGRP have been reported to have CTβlike hypocalcemic activity i