Engineering islets: Lessons from stem cells and embryonic development

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-162

  Doyle, Michelle J ^a   Sussel, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842422063     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8529(03)00100-2     Document Type: Review

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