Gastric bypass and nesidioblastosis--too much of a good thing for islets?

N Engl J Med. 2005 Jul 21;353(3):300-2. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe058170.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitors
  • Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
  • Gastric Bypass*
  • Glucagon / metabolism*
  • Glucagon / physiology
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1
  • Glycoproteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Humans
  • Hyperinsulinism
  • Hyperplasia / etiology
  • Hypoglycemia / etiology
  • Islets of Langerhans / metabolism*
  • Islets of Langerhans / pathology
  • Nesidioblastosis / etiology*
  • Obesity / metabolism*
  • Obesity / pathology
  • Peptide Fragments / metabolism*
  • Peptide Fragments / physiology
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Protein Precursors / metabolism*
  • Protein Precursors / physiology
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitors
  • Glycoproteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Protein Precursors
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1
  • Glucagon
  • DPP4 protein, human
  • Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4