Dinámica de los poros de fusión y exocitosis de gránulos de insulina en las islas pancreáticas

Noriko Takahashi1, Takuya Kishimoto, Tomomi Nemoto

  • 1Department of Cell Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and the Graduate University of Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 24, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio visualiza la secreción de insulina de los islotes pancreáticos del ratón, revelando que los gránulos de insulina se fusionan con la membrana celular a través de un poro estable. Este proceso apoya el papel de los lípidos de membrana en la liberación de gránulos de insulina.

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