Pancreas cell fate

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-248

  Guney, Michelle A ^a   Gannon, Maureen ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine differentiation; Lineage allocation; Pancreas development; Pancreas progenitors

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLUCAGON; HEPATIC NUCLEAR FACTOR 6; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 9; INSULIN; NEUROGENIN 3; RETINOIC ACID; SMAD PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ISLET 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PTFA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TGIF 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCRINE CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; PANCREAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70349420001     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20156     Document Type: Review

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