Metals such as zinc, copper and chromium bind to and influence a peptide involved in insulin production, according to new work from chemists at UC Davis. The research is part of a new field of ...

Zinc and pH modulate the ability of insulin to inhibit aggregation of islet amyloid polypeptide. Communications Biology , 2024; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06388-y Cite This Page : ...

More information: Samuel D. McCalpin et al, Zinc and pH modulate the ability of insulin to inhibit aggregation of islet amyloid polypeptide, Communications Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024 ...

More information: Samuel D. McCalpin et al, Zinc and pH modulate the ability of insulin to inhibit aggregation of islet amyloid polypeptide, Communications Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024 ...

Supramolecular Protein Engineering: Design of Zinc-Stapled Insulin Hexamers as a Long Acting Depot. Journal of Biological Chemistry , 2010; 285 (16): 11755 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C110.105825 Cite This ...

A recent innovative study discovered that zinc, pH levels and insulin work together to prevent protein clumps and stop them from contributing to the development of type 2 diabetes.. The chronic ...

Initial studies found that regenerative drug combined to a zinc chelator increased regeneration of laboratory grown rodent pancreatic beta cells by 250%, and human cells by 130%.

As it turns out, insulin-producing beta cells have a particularly strong taste for zinc. The researchers are leveraging that affinity to zinc as a way to guide regenerative medicine towards the cells.

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