Shahzad Irfan

Government College University, Faisalabad Pakistan

Shahzad Irfan is an assistant professor and researcher in the Department of Physiology, Govt. College University Faisalabad, Pakistan. He obtained his Ph.D. in Endocrinology and Physiology of Reproduction in 2014 as a DAAD fellow from the University of Münster, Germany, after which he moved to COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan as an assistant professor in the Department of Biosciences. Since joining the Department of Physiology in 2018, Dr. Irfan has been actively involved in the pathobiology of diabetes mellitus with functional studies on in vitro models of pancreatic beta cells and in vivo models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. His focus has been on the specific impact of different known herbal extracts and phytochemicals on the regenerative capacity of pancreatic beta cells, insulin synthesis, and secretion, and transcriptional modulation of hepatic glycolytic, lipolytic, gluconeogenic, and lipogenic genes through different transcription factors in type 1 and type 2 rodent and primate models.

Shahzad Irfan

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Beta Cells in Health and Disease presents the latest information on the novel and widely studied physiology of pancreatic cells in homeostasis and under pathogenic conditions. This book includes chapters on a variety of topics, including the importance and the biology of insulin hormone, pancreatic beta cell dysfunction in type 1 diabetes, the biological importance of physical activity in managing type 1 diabetes, the use of stem cell therapy for the treatment of diabetes, the role of microRNAs in modulating beta cell function, and more.

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