Integrins and extracellular matrices in pancreatic tissue engineering

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 1 S, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-491

  Krishnamurthy, Mansa ^a   Wang, Rennian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioartificial pancreas; Development; Extracellular matrix; Function; Integrins; Review

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN;

CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77951103786     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e39     Document Type: Article

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