β-cells operate collectively to help maintain glucose homeostasis
B. Podobnik, D. Korosak, M. Skelin Klemen, A. Stozer, J. Dolensek, M. Slak Rupnik, P. C. Ivanov, P. Holme, M. Jusup
The paper demonstrates that beta cells use collective communication to maintain glucose homeostasis through gap-junctional signaling and paracrine interactions, supported by a dynamical network model and empirical data analysis.
bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2019Biophysics