In mice with diabetes, taking berberine for a long time helps their insulin-producing cells work better again by fixing two key steps needed to release insulin.
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In mice with diabetes, taking berberine for a long time helps their insulin-producing cells work better again by fixing two key steps needed to release insulin.
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In diabetic mice, long-term administration of berberine restores impaired biphasic insulin secretion by increasing both the number of insulin granules docked at the plasma membrane and those undergoing fusion without prior docking, indicating recovery of both docking and fusion capacity in pancreatic β-cells.
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Study: 1837-P: Short-Term and Long-Term Administration of Berberine Promoted Insulin Exocytosis through Different Mechanism in Pancreatic β-Cells
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