In vivo regeneration of insulin-producing β-cells

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 654, Issue , 2010, Pages 627-640

  Jun, Hee Sook ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cell; Differentiation; Growth factor; Regeneration; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETACELLULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EXENDIN 4; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LECTIN; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 3; NYMPHAEA STELLATA EXTRACT; PROTEIN REG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR; STREPTOZOCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA STELLATA; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; REGENERATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANCREAS; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77950226098     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3271-3_27     Document Type: Article

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