Conophylline and betacellulin-δ4: An effective combination of differentiation factors for pancreatic β cells

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-264

  Kitamura, Ryu Ichi ^a,b   Ogata, Takeki ^a,b   Tanaka, Yuji ^b   Motoyoshi, Kazuo ^b   Seno, Masaharu ^c   Takei, Izumi ^d   Umezawa, Kazuo ^e   Kojima, Itaru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Insulin; Pancreatic cell; Progenitor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ALKALOID; BETACELLULIN; BETACELLULIN DELTA4; CONOPHYLLINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BTC PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VINCA ALKALOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; RAT; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COMBINATION; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PANCREATIC DUCTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELLS; VINCA ALKALOIDS;

EID: 34249050832     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-199     Document Type: Article

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