Reprogramming into pancreatic endocrine cells based on developmental cues

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Kordowich, Simon ^a   Mansouri, Ahmed ^a,c   Collombat, Patrick ^a,b,c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Beta Cell Biology Consortium   (United States)

^d Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International   (United States)

Author keywords

Arx; Diabetes; Endocrine pancreas development; Fate specification; Mouse; Pax4

Indexed keywords

ARISTALESS RELATED HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN; INSULINOMA ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; NEUROGENIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TYPE; ENDOCRINE CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MORPHOGENESIS; PANCREAS; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 72149087678     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.10.015     Document Type: Review

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