Experimental Diabetes Research
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 421287, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/421287
Review Article

Recent Insights in Islet Amyloid Polypeptide-Induced Membrane Disruption and Its Role in β-Cell Death in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Lucie Khemtémourian,1 J. Antoinette Killian,1 Jo W. M. Höppener,2 and Maarten F. M. Engel1,2

1Department of Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, Division of Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
2Research group Chemical Biology and Organic Chemistry, Bijvoet Institute and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands

Received 9 October 2007; Accepted 18 February 2008

Academic Editor: Per Westermark

Copyright © 2008 Lucie Khemtémourian et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Lucie Khemtémourian, J. Antoinette Killian, Jo W. M. Höppener, and Maarten F. M. Engel, “Recent Insights in Islet Amyloid Polypeptide-Induced Membrane Disruption and Its Role in β-Cell Death in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,” Experimental Diabetes Research, vol. 2008, Article ID 421287, 9 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/421287