
Prolonged stimulation of insulin release from MIN6 cells causes zinc depletion and loss of β-cell markers
Keywords: Zn2+; zinc ions; MT; metallothionein; ZIP; Zrt- and Irt-related protein; ZnT; zinc transporter protein; GSIS; glucose-stimulated insulin secretion; KATP channels; ATP-sensitive potassium channels; L-VGCC; L-type voltage-gated calcium channels; Ca2+; calci