One process for pancreatic β-cell coalescence into islets involves an epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-31

  Cole, Lori ^a   Anderson, Miranda ^a   Antin, Parker B ^a   Limesand, Sean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYTOKERATIN; INSULIN; NEUROGENIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MICE; PANCREAS; SHEEP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70349778139     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-09-0072     Document Type: Article

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