Letter: Prostaglandins and the pulmonary vasoconstrictor response to alveolar hypoxia.
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structural coupling between alpha and beta cells (4), we wonder whether the paradoxical behavior here disclosed may not be somehow related to a functional uncoupling of these cells as the result of calcium deprivation (15). If so, the present protocol might prove useful for further studies on the significance of intercellular bridging in the physiology and pathology of islet tissue. VIVIANE LECLERCQ-MEYER OSCAR REBOLLEDO JOCELYNE MARCHAND WILLY J. MALAISSE Laboratory ofExperimental Medicine, University ofBrussels, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 189 4206 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975