Stem cells to pancreatic β-cells: New sources for diabetes cell therapy

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-227

  Guo, Tingxia ^a   Hebrok, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERM LAYER; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 65649109022     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.2009-0004     Document Type: Review

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