Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing clusters

Stem Cells

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-274

  Segev, Hanna ^a   Fishman, Bettina ^a,b   Ziskind, Anna ^b   Shulman, Margarita ^b   Itskovitz Eldor, Joseph ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Differentiation; ES cells; Insulin secreting cells; Pancreatic differention

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NICOTINAMIDE; SELENIUM; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 2942615532     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.22-3-265     Document Type: Article

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