Endocrine Abstracts

Reg and Reg-related genes are members of a multifunctional family. Under physiological conditions Reg protein is not expressed in pancreatic beta cells, although the Reg protein receptor is expressed. When islets are damaged, the expression of Reg gene is increased in the islets of Langherans. In type 1 diabetes (T1D), insulin secretion may be still detectable in some subjects with long-standing disease indicating the existence of a small population of surviving beta cells or ...

Hypoglycaemia continues to be a difficult condition to treat especially in infants and young children who cannot administer treatment themselves. Administering the correct dose of sugar is difficult for several reasons: the child may not want to intake food and it may be difficult to force the child to chew or swallow, it is difficult to identify the quantity of sugar necessary to reach optimal glucose levels. If too much sugar is administered, high levels of blood glucose may...