A role for activin A and betacellulin in human fetal pancreatic cell differentiation and growth

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3892-3897

  Demeterco, Carla ^a,b   Beattie, Gillian M ^a   Dib, Sergio Atala ^b   Lopez, Ana D ^a   Hayek, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BETACELLULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXOCRINE CELL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RELEASE; MITOGENESIS; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033762832     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.10.3892     Document Type: Article

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