Pancreatic islet cell calcium ion imaging at single-cell resolution: functional identification of first-responder, highly connected (“hub”), and leader beta-cells

Luis Fernando Delgadillo-Silva, Giada Ostinelli, Audrey Provencher-Girard, Shadai Salazar, Rana Melhem, Guy A. Rutter · 2026

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A peer-reviewed research article from Europe PMC (2026). Increases in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ ions ([Ca2+]) are a critical signal in pancreatic islet beta-cells and are usually required for insulin secretion in response to glucose or other secretagogues. Changes in Ca2+, monitored using high-speed imaging across individual or multiple planes of the islet, can be used to explore the functional networks of beta-cells required for the precise regulation of insulin secretion.

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CREATORLuis Fernando Delgadillo-Silva, Giada Ostinelli, Audrey Provencher-Girard, Shadai Salazar, Rana Melhem, Guy A. Rutter
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE86 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13124488

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