Hormone and Metabolic Research, Table of Contents Horm Metab Res 1979; 11(1): 23-26DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1092675 Originals© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkEnhancement of Leucine-lnduced Insulin Secretion by Somatostatin Antiserum PretreatmentH. Taniguchi , M. Hasegawa , T. Kobayashi , Y. Watanabe , K. Murakami , M. Seki , A. Tsutou , M. Utsumi , H. Makimura , M. Sakoda , S. Baba Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract Insulin secretion induced by leucine and leucine plus glucose from rat pancreatic islets was enhanced by prior treatment with somatostatin antiserum as compared with normal rabbit serum in vitro. The results provide evidence that somatostatin plays an important role in insulin secretion in rats. Key words Insulin Secretion - Leucine - Somatostatin - Somatostatin Antiserum - Isolated Islet - In Vitro PDF (174 kb)
