Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers and has one of the lowest survival rates—only 10% after five years.

Autopsy confirmed the diagnosis of islet-cell carcinoma of the pancreas ... by which growth hormone raised the blood glucose levels in all 3 patients and produced glycosuria and ketonuria in ...

Gastrointestinal hormones are hormones produced from specialized endocrine cells of the stomach, pancreas and small intestine, which are secreted directly into the bloodstream. Here, they promote ...

Stress hormones activate the β-adrenergic receptor/PKA pathway, while obesity-related signals mainly use the PKD pathway. This suggests that both stress and obesity can fuel pancreatic cancer ...

In particular, beta cells produce and secrete insulin, an essential hormone regulating glucose uptake and metabolism ... While significant findings were obtained by the use of islets isolated from the ...