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How is insulin transported from the pancreas?

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Dr Vasanthasree Nair

General Practitioner

• MBBS
• 15+ Yrs

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Insulin is transcribed and expressed in the beta-cells of the pancreas, from whence it is exported through the portal circulation to the liver

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