The quest for tissue stem cells in the pancreas and other organs and their application to beta-cell replacement

Review of Diabetic Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-134

  Houbracken, Isabelle ^a   Bouwens, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acinar; Beta cell; Duct; Lineage tracing; Progenitor; Reprogramming; Stem cell; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE CELL; EXOCRINE CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL;

EID: 77958112104     PISSN: 16136071     EISSN: 16140575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1900/RDS.2010.7.123     Document Type: Review

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