Effects of vascular endothelial growth factor on pancreatic duct cell replication and the insulin production of fetal islet-like cell clusters in vitro

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Öberg Welsh, Charlotte ^a   Sandler, Stellan ^a   Andersson, Arne ^a   Welsh, Michael ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Duct cells; Fetal liver kinase 1; Islet like cell clusters; Pancreatic development; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LYMPHOKINES; RATS; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031557102     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(96)03977-9     Document Type: Article

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