Embryonic stem cells to beta-cells by understanding pancreas development

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 86-94

  Best, Marie ^a,b   Carroll, Michael ^a,b   Hanley, Neil A ^a,b   Piper Hanley, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta cell; Diabetes; Human; Mouse; Pancreas; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INSULIN; RETINOIC ACID; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; PANCREAS; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 44649139159     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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