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Upregulation of alpha cell glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in Psammomys obesus—an adaptive response to hyperglycaemia?

The hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is released in response to a meal from the intestinal L-cells, where it is processed from proglucagon by the proconvertase (PC)1/3. In contrast, in the adult islets ...

A. M. K. Hansen, T. B. Bödvarsdottir, D. N. E. Nordestgaard, R. S. Heller… in Diabetologia (2011)