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Jennifer Chen The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia

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Jenny E Gunton The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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initiating peripheral glucose uptake particularly in muscle and adipose tissue, and repressing glucagon activity. Glucose transporters GLUT1, GLUT2 and GLUT3 (predominantly GLUT1) facilitate glucose uptake in human β-cells. In mouse β-cells, GLUT2 is the

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Sophie A Clarke Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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Waljit S Dhillo Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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. 2013 ). Given the health burden associated with reproductive pathology, novel treatments are continually being sought. Studies in animals ( Thompson et al. 2004 ) and humans have consistently shown that kisspeptin stimulates gonadotrophin secretion

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J Naufahu Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK

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F Alzaid Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK

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M Fiuza Brito Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK

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B Doslikova Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK

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T Valencia Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK

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A Cunliffe Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK

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J F Murray Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK

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hypothalamic areas ( Bittencourt et al. 1992 , Sita et al. 2007 , Bittencourt 2011 ). Mch / MCH and MCH have also been reported in rodent and human peripheral tissue ( Hervieu & Nahon 1995 , Verlaet et al. 2002 , Sandig et al. 2007 ). Circulating

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Nawal A Yahya Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Steven R King Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA

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Bo Shi Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Aisha Shaaban Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Nicole E Whitfield Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Chunmei Yan Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Department of Obstetrics, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

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Richard J Kordus Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Gail F Whitman-Elia Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Holly A LaVoie Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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was previously identified in human luteinized granulosa cells (hGCs) by microarray and PCR analyses ( Skiadas et al. 2012 , Kranc et al. 2017 ) and that STARD6 mRNA is highly expressed in the functional porcine corpus luteum, we asked whether

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Pedro J Beltran
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David Hwang Oncology Research Therapeutic Area, David Geffen School of Medicine, USC Davis School of Gerontology, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA

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Pinchas Cohen Oncology Research Therapeutic Area, David Geffen School of Medicine, USC Davis School of Gerontology, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA

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Frank J Calzone
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previously that ganitumab, a fully human MAB to IGF1R, inhibits the activation of human IGF1R and IGF1R–insulin receptor (IR) hybrids without cross-reacting with the IR ( Beltran et al . 2009 , 2011 ). In addition, we have demonstrated that targeting a

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Louis Potier INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Ludovic Waeckel INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Fréderic Fumeron INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Sophie Bodin INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Marinos Fysekidis INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Catherine Chollet INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Naima Bellili INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Fabrice Bonnet INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Gaëlle Gusto INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Gilberto Velho INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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Michel Marre INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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François Alhenc-Gelas INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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Ronan Roussel INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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Nadine Bouby INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
INSERM U1138, University Paris Descartes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Diabetology, INSERM U695, Paris Diderot University, Department of Endocrinology, Institut inter Régional Pour la Santé, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

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the DESIR study group
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al . 1998 , Beard et al . 2006 ). However, in humans, the effect of kinins on muscle glucose uptake remains controversial ( Dietze et al . 1996 , Nuutila et al . 1996 , Mahajan et al . 2004 ). Although clinical and experimental studies have

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Amy Warner AstraZeneca, Center of Brain, CVMD IMED, Pepparedsleden 1, 43183 Mölndal, Sweden

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Jens Mittag AstraZeneca, Center of Brain, CVMD IMED, Pepparedsleden 1, 43183 Mölndal, Sweden

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WAT, in male mice also called epididymal WAT) and subcutaneously close to the hind limbs (inguinal WAT) ( Bartelt & Heeren 2014 ). In humans, the major sites of WAT are under the skin (subcutaneous WAT) and associated with the digestive tract (visceral

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Michelle Myers
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Sander van den Driesche
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Alan S McNeilly Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK

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W Colin Duncan
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folliculogenesis. The molecular pathways involved in the luteinisation of granulosa cells are not entirely clear. While the luteinising hormone (LH) surge or addition of LH or human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) initiate luteinisation, experimental work clearly

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Pasquale Florio Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Giulia De Falco Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Eleonora Leucci Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Michela Torricelli Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Paulo B Torres Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Paolo Toti Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Arianna Dell’Anna Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Ennio Tiso Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Rosa Santopietro Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Lorenzo Leoncini Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Felice Petraglia Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine and
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena, Policlinico ‘Le Scotte’ Viale Bracci, 53100 Siena, Italy

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Introduction The human endometrium expresses several peptides/proteins that are believed to participate in the paracrine signaling to other cell types during the menstrual cycle and in early pregnancy, and dysfunction in synthesis

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Niamh X Cawley
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Guida Portela-Gomes Section on Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Gastroenterology, Eunice Shriver Kennedy National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA

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, we extend those findings and show yapsin 1-like immunoreactivity exclusively in human pancreatic islet α-cells and that purified yapsin 1 can generate glucagon by processing proglucagon. These results suggest the presence of a yapsin 1-like

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