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Aquaporin 7 Is a β-Cell Protein and Regulator of Intraislet Glycerol Content and Glycerol Kinase Activity, β-Cell Mass, and Insulin Production and Secretion

Kazuhiro Matsumura1 Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Departments of Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas77030;2 Department of Molecular Genetics in Medicine
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Benny Hung-Junn Chang1 Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Departments of Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas77030Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Mineko Fujimiya3 Department of Anatomy
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Weiqin Chen1 Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Departments of Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas77030
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Rohit N. Kulkarni4 Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts02215
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Yutaka Eguchi5 Department of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Hiroshi Kimura2 Department of Molecular Genetics in Medicine
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Hideto Kojima1 Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Departments of Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas77030;2 Department of Molecular Genetics in Medicine
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Lawrence Chan1 Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Departments of Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas77030Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 6026-6037 | Received 02 Mar 2007, Accepted 05 Jun 2007, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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