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A review of experiments using perfused rat pancreas or perifused rat islets suggests that Ca++ plays an active role in the secretion coupling mechanism of the A cell.
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Ashby, J.P., Speake, R.N. (1977). The Role of Calcium in Glucagon Secretion. In: Foà , P.P., Bajaj, J.S., Foà , N.L. (eds) GLUCAGON: Its Role in Physiology and Clinical Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6366-1_14
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