Early milestones in glucagon research

As an introduction to the Symposium, we have reviewed the early steps in glucagon research from its discovery in 1923 to the establishment of the basics of the physiology and pathophysiology of the hormone after the description of a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay by Unger and his co‐workers...

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Published in:Diabetes, obesity & metabolism obesity & metabolism, 2011-10, Vol.13 (s1), p.1-4
Main Author: Lefèbvre, P. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biomedical Research - history
de Duve
Glucagon
Glucagon - history
Glucagon - isolation & purification
History of medicine
History, 20th Century
Humans
Hyperglycemia - history
Medical research
milestones
Nobel Prize
Pancreas
Pathophysiology
Radioimmunoassay
Radioimmunoassay - history
Rodbell
Sutherland
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Summary:As an introduction to the Symposium, we have reviewed the early steps in glucagon research from its discovery in 1923 to the establishment of the basics of the physiology and pathophysiology of the hormone after the description of a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay by Unger and his co‐workers in 1959.
ISSN:1462-8902
1463-1326
DOI:10.1111/j.1463-1326.2011.01437.x