Insulin producing cells derived from embryonic stem cells: Are we there yet?

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-263

  Raikwar, Sudhanshu P ^a,b   Zavazava, Nicholas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; INSULIN RELEASE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 58149240577     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21615     Document Type: Short Survey

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