Phenotypic analysis of c-Kit expression in epithelial monolayers derived from postnatal rat pancreatic islets

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Wang, Rennian ^a,b   Li, Jinming ^a   Yashpal, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CELL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYTOKERATIN 20; INSULIN; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SCLEROPROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NGN3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS ISLET; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

EID: 4043050911     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1820113     Document Type: Article

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