Antioxidant Therapy, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, Effects on Pancreatic Beta Cells: Therapeutic Promise or Potential Harm?
N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) is a widely used antioxidant with increasing public interest in its use for treating metabolic disease, yet its effects on pancreatic beta cells remain incompletely understood. Most studies focus on NAC's benefits under pathological conditions-such as obesity, high-fat diet exposure, and type...