Role of amylin in insulin secretion and
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Kieren J. Mather; Giancarlo Paradisi; Rosalind Leaming; Ginger Hook; Helmut O. S
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background Amylin is a peptide co‐secreted with insulin by pancreatic β‐cells. A role for amylin in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) has been suggested by __in vitro__ and __in vivo__ studies indicating an effect of amylin to cause insulin resistance and/or inhibit