Beta-cell differentiation from nonendocrine epithelial cells of the adult human pancreas

Nature Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-316

  Hao, Ergeng ^a   Tyrberg, Björn ^a,b   Itkin Ansari, Pamela ^a,b   Lakey, Jonathan R T ^c   Geron, Ifat ^a   Monosov, Edward Z ^b   Barcova, Maria ^b   Mercola, Mark ^b   Levine, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOCRINE CELL; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS CELL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MALE; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA REPLICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FETUS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, SCID; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE THERAPY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644828800     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1367     Document Type: Article

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