Insulocyte

Insulocytes are specialized cells in the pancreas that produce the hormone insulin. This hormone helps control blood glucose levels, which is essential for maintaining health. However, problems with insulinocytes can lead to diabetes and other serious diseases.

Insulocytes were discovered in the 19th century by Swiss biologist Bernard Rossmann. He noticed that insulinocytes were destroyed in diabetic patients and suggested the existence of some factor contributing to this process, but was unable to prove his hypothesis.

In 1892, three famous Danish scientists, Leabom, Mey and Niebuhr, confirmed Rossmann's hypothesis. They found that diabetic patients had significantly fewer insulinocytes than healthy people. Moreover, they suggested that a lack of insulin cells could lead to metabolic disorders.

Since then, it has been discovered that insulinocytes are formed from progenitor cells and their number decreases in diabetes, obesity, autoimmune diseases and other disorders. In addition, the number of insulinocytes was found to be associated with susceptibility to diabetes. Research has shown that some people are born with low numbers of insulinocytes.

Following these discoveries, endocrinologists began to use insulinocytes as an indicator of the health of the pancreas and a basis for the development of new treatments for diabetes. Today, insulinocytes are an important object of study for studying the mechanisms of diabetes and methods of its treatment.