The role of ion channels in insulin secr
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A. E. Boyd III
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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 Ion channels in beta cells regulate electrical and secretory activity in response to metabolic, pharmacologic, or neural signals by controlling the permeability to K^+^ and Ca^2+^. The ATP‐sensitive K^+^ channels act as a switch that responds to fuel secretagogues or sulfonylureas to in