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Insulin is released from the pancreatic beta cell due to a symphony of signals. 1st is the increase intracellular level of glucose after we eat. As glucose increases this also increases the intracellular ATP. The increase in ATP closes Potassium channels. This depolarizes the cell. The depolarization opens voltage gated calcium channels and the influx of calcium. Then in a complicated process this causes more calcium to enter the cell from the ER. The huge influx of calcium into the cell cause the insulin containing vesicles to move to the membrane for release of the insulin into the blood stream.

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When your body destroys the pancreatic cells that produce insulin it leads to a condition?

Type 1 diabetes. This autoimmune condition causes the immune system to mistakenly attack and destroy insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, leading to a deficiency of insulin in the body and resulting in high blood sugar levels that require management through insulin therapy.


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This condition is characterized by insulin resistance of the fat cells?

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Why is insulin released into the body?

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Which type of pancreatic cell produces insulin?

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