Molecular and cellular regulation of pancreatic acinar cell function

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 466-471

  Husain, Sohail ^a   Thrower, Edwin ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Growth; Regeneration; Secretion; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; ION CHANNEL; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE SENSITIVE FACTOR; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE SENSITIVE FACTOR ATTACHMENT PROTEIN RECEPTOR PROTEIN; PANCREAS SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOGEN GRANULE;

ACINAR CELL; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METAPLASIA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ONTOGENY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS SECRETION; PANCREATITIS; PRIMORDIUM; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE GROWTH;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 69749125288     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32832ebfac     Document Type: Review

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