These islets also contain other hormone-producing cells—or endocrine cells—that are closely related to beta cells. One of these cell types is alpha cells, which produce glucagon, a hormone ...

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This report documents a fourth type of humoral activity, that of hyperglucagonism, associated with an alpha-cell carcinoma of the pancreatic islets. It is probable that cases of this disorder are ...

Another cell type in the pancreas called alpha-cells are the natural counterpart of beta-cells as they act to increase blood sugar levels by secreting the hormone glucagon. A precisely tuned ...

Insulin lowers blood glucose by promoting its uptake into cells, while glucagon raises it by signaling the liver to release glucose from stored sources. Glucagon is secreted to the blood by alpha ...

that they act together with other hormone-producing pancreatic cells – alpha, delta, and gamma cells – to maintain blood glucose levels. However, a new study by researchers at the University ...

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