Is Type 2 Diabetes a Glycogen Storage Disease of Pancreatic β Cells?

Ashcroft, Frances M; Rohm, Maria; Clark, Anne; Brereton, Melissa F · Cell Metab · 2017

review · Level V

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Abstract

Elevated plasma glucose leads to pancreatic β cell dysfunction and death in type 2 diabetes. Glycogen accumulation, due to impaired metabolism, contributes to this "glucotoxicity" via dysregulated biochemical pathways promoting β cell dysfunction. Here, we review emerging data, and re-examine published findings, on the role of glycogen in β cells in normoglycemia and in diabetes.

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