Extrapancreatic proinsulin/insulin-expressing cells in diabetes mellitus: Is history repeating itself?

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 715-722

  Kojima, Hideto ^a,b   Fujimiya, Mineko ^a   Terashima, Tomoya ^b   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a   Chan, Lawrence ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Extrapancreatic; Gene therapy; Insulin; Islets

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROINSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROINSULIN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33845987090     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.KR-84     Document Type: Review

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