Pancreatic acinar-to-beta cell transdifferentiation in vitro

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5824-5837

  Minami, Kohtaro ^a,b   Seino, Susumu ^a,b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pancreatic acinar cells; Pancreatic beta cells; Regeneration; Review; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MICE; PANCREAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 52049107060     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3119     Document Type: Review

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