Role of FoxO proteins in pancreatic β cells

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-515

  Kitamura, Tadahiro ^a   Ido Kitamura, Yukari ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

cell; Diabetes; FoxO1; Pancreas; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROTEIN NKX 2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 34548670709     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.KR-109     Document Type: Review

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