Another trend has been towards the use of more narrowly defined phenotypes, such as blood lipids, proinsulin or similar biomarkers.
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The team that she manages has specially studied the role of Proinsulin / insulin in the development of the central nervous system.
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Proinsulin is synthesized on membrane associated ribosomes found on the rough endoplasmic reticulum, where it is folded and its disulfide bonds are oxidized.
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For the same reason, preproinsulin is rarely used medicinally, unlike insulin, the mature product, and proinsulin, a stable ER intermediate.
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In the pancreas, wolframin may help fold a protein precursor of insulin ( called proinsulin ) into the mature hormone that controls blood glucose levels.
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The endoproteases PC1 / 3 and PC2 aid in this transformation from proinsulin to insulin; and ( 3 ) the clathrin protein coat is removed.
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When the beta cell produces insulin from proinsulin, a connecting peptide ( or C-peptide ) is also manufactured and released into the bloodstream.
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Animal studies on cord lining EpSC have shown that genetic modifications using the proinsulin gene allowed transplanted stem cells to lower blood glucose levels in diabetic animals.
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About 5 10 min after its assembly in the endoplasmic reticulum, proinsulin is transported to the trans-Golgi network ( TGN ) where immature granules are formed.
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The C-peptide is abstracted from the center of the proinsulin sequence; the two other ends ( the B chain and A chain ) remain connected by disulfide bonds.
