Evolutionary comparison points to pigs as superior models for human pancreas and diabetes research

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team ...
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Glucose-stimulated KIF5B-driven microtubule sliding organizes microtubule networks in mouse pancreatic β cells

Sub-membrane microtubule array, known to prevent excessive glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, depends on kinesin-1 KIF5B, which moves microtubules to both generate and remodel this array, ...