Insulin-secreting cell

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In medicine and physiology, insulin-secreting cells, also called pancreatic beta cells, are a "type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete insulin."[1]

Beta cell function (HOMA-B) can be measured by:[2]

\text{HOMA-B} = \frac{20 * \text{fasting insulin}}{\text{fasting plasma glucose} - 3.5}

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous, (2009) Insulin-secreting cell (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Matthews DR, Hosker JP, Rudenski AS, Naylor BA, Treacher DF, Turner RC (July 1985). "Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and beta-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man". Diabetologia 28 (7): 412–9. PMID 3899825.
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