Dying Beta Cells (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Dying Beta Cells

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Insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas cannot make enough cyclic AMP in patients with Wolfram syndrome. As a result, the pancreas produces and secretes less insulin, and the cells eventually die.

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Urano lab

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