Amylin Products

Description

Islet, or insulinoma, amyloid polypeptide is commonly found in pancreatic islets of patients suffering diabetes mellitus type II, or harboring an insulinoma. While the assosciation of amylin with the development of type II diabetes has been known for some time, a direct causative role for amylin has been harder to establish. Studies suggest that amylin, like the related beta-amyloid (Abeta) associated with Alzheimer's disease, can induce apoptotic cell-death in particular cultured cells, an effect that may be relevant to the development of type II diabetes. [provided by RefSeq]

Bioinformatics

Entrez	3375 Human
Uniprot	NP_000406.1 Human
Product By Gene ID	3375
Alternate Names	AMYLIN DAPamylin Diabetes-associated peptide IAP Insulinoma amyloid peptide Islet amyloid polypeptide (diabetes-associated peptide; amylin) islet amyloid polypeptide

Research Areas for Amylin

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Angiogenesis
Apoptosis
Cancer