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Vitamin B3 inhibits apoptosis and promotes autophagy of islet β cells under high glucose stress

YU ZHANG^1,2, XI’AN ZHOU^1,2, CHUNYAN ZHANG^1,2, DENGNI LAI⁵, DONGBO LIU^1,3,4, YANYANG WU^1,2,3,4,*

1 Key Laboratory for Food Science and Biotechnology of Hunan Province, College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
2 Horticulture and Landscape College, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
3 Hunan Co-Innovation Center for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Changsha, 410128, China
4 State Key Laboratory of Subhealth Intervention Technology, Changsha, 410128, China
5 Hunan Agricultural Products Processing Institute, Hunan Food Test and Analysis Center, Changsha, 410004, China

* Corresponding Author: YANYANG WU. Email: