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Oxytocin increases arginine-induced A and B cell secretion in normal man and in diabetic subjects
G Paolisso1, S Sgambato, N Passariello
1Istituto di Gerontologia e Geriatria, 1st Medical School, University of Naples, Italy.
Diabete & Metabolisme
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
In previous in Vitro and in Vivo studies oxytocin was shown to stimulate A and B cell secretion. In the present study we show that oxytocin is also able to increase arginine-induced glucagon and insulin secretion in healthy human beings. Similar results were obtained in both insulin-dependent (type-1) and non-insulin dependent (type-2) diabetic subjects.