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“However, treatment with diltiazem led to a significant increase in beta-cell sensitivity to glucose ; this is of particular interest, given the importance of phi1 for peripheral glucose uptake.”
Metabolism: clinical and experimental • 1997 | View Paper
“INS-1 cells expressing Ca(v)1.2/DHPi containing the II-III loop of Ca(v)1.3 demonstrated a nifedipine-resistant slow increase in [Ca(2+)](i) and nifedipine-resistant insulin secretion in response to glucose that was partially inhibited by diltiazem.”
“In the perfused rat pancreas, diltiazem reduced both glucose- and tolbutamide-induced insulin secretion and these effects of diltiazem were reversed with removal of the compound.”