ERS response mediates glucolipotoxicity-induced β-cell apoptosis / 基础医学与临床

ABSTRACT

As one of the most sensitive cells of endoplasmic retieulum stress (ERS), pancreatic β-cells have an a-bundance of endoplasmic reticulum. Fatty acids cause apoptosis of β-cells and might contribute to β-cell loss in type 2 diabetes mellitus via the induction of ERS. Glucose is an amplifier of the ERS response to fatty acid, leading to increased β-cell apoptosis. ERS response mediates glucolipotoxicity-induced β-cell apoptosis.