BETA CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beta cell mean? 

• BETA CELL (noun)
  The noun BETA CELL has 1 sense:

1. a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas

  Familiarity information: BETA CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETA CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("beta cell" is a kind of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

 Context examples 

Like sulfonylureas, gliamilide is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.

(Gliamilide, NCI Thesaurus)

Betacellulin from pancreatic beta cells could play a role in the vascular complications associated with diabetes.

(Betacellulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Like sulfonylureas, glicondamide is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.

(Glicondamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Like sulfonylureas, glybuthiazol is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.

(Glybuthiazol, NCI Thesaurus)

Like sulfonylureas, glybuzole is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.

(Glybuzole, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called beta cell neoplasm, insulinoma, and pancreatic insulin-producing tumor.

(Beta cell tumor of the pancreas, NCI Dictionary)

They tested more than 150 combinations of over 70 compounds to tease out a method to produce functional human beta cells from the cultured stem cells.

(Developing Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes, NIH)

An abnormal mass that grows in the beta cells of the pancreas that make insulin.

(Beta cell neoplasm, NCI Dictionary)

Like sulfonylureas, glymidine is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells and increasing the sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin.

(Glymidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Like sulfonylureas, glyprothiazol is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.

(Glyprothiazol, NCI Thesaurus)