Islet amyloid polypeptide, a novel pancreatic peptide, is a circulating hormone secreted under glucose stimulation

A novel peptide in the calcitonin gene related peptide family as an amyloid fibril protein in the endocrine pancreas

Per Westermark, Christer Wernstedt, Erik Wilander et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1986 · 514 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +17

Co-localization of islet amyloid polypeptide and insulin in the B cell secretory granules of the human pancreatic islets

Agneta Lukinius, Erik Wilander, Gunilla T. Westermark et al. · Diabetologia · 1989 · 370 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Endocrinology +15

ISLET AMYLOID FORMED FROM DIABETES-ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE MAY BE PATHOGENIC IN TYPE-2 DIABETES

Anne Clark, Claire E. Lewis, A.C. Willis et al. · The Lancet · 1987 · 357 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Pathology +10

An islet amyloid peptide is derived from an 89-amino acid precursor by proteolytic processing.

Tokio Sanke, Graeme I. Bell, Clare E. Sample et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1988 · 258 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology +17

In vivo and in vitro effects of amylin and amylin-amide on calcium metabolism in the rat and rabbit

Harish K. Datta, Mone Zaidi, Sunil J. Wimalawansa et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1989 · 114 citations

Life Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Pharmacology +12