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

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 · 511 citations

Amyloid Fibril Protein, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +7

Pancreatic amylin and calcitonin gene-related peptide cause resistance to insulin in skeletal muscle in vitro

Brendan Leighton, Garth J. S. Cooper · Nature · 1988 · 472 citations

Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, Molecular Physiology +11

Resorption of bone by isolated rabbit osteoclasts

T.J. Chambers, Peter A. Revell, K. Fuller et al. · Journal of Cell Science · 1984 · 415 citations

Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering, Collagen Fibrils +14

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 · 356 citations

Autoimmune Disease, Diabetes, Immunology +5

Islet amyloid in type 2 human diabetes mellitus and adult diabetic cats contains a novel putative polypeptide hormone.

Per Westermark, Christer Wernstedt, Timothy D. O’Brien et al. · PubMed · 1987 · 263 citations