Transdifferentiation of pancreas to liver

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-116

  Shen, Chia Ning ^a   Horb, Marko E ^a   Slack, Jonathan M W ^a   Tosh, David ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C enhancer binding protein; Glucocorticoids; Liver; Metaplasia; Pancreas; PDX 1; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; ISOPROTEIN; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MLX PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EXOCRINE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; METAPLASIA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; LIVER; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HUMANS; LIVER; PANCREAS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037213612     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00337-4     Document Type: Review

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