Functional analysis of human islets of langerhans maintained in culture

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 806, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-71

  Persaud, Shanta J ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Jones, Peter M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell; Cell; Cell; Gene knock down; Glucagon; Hormone secretion; Human islets; Insulin; Somatostatin; Viability

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS ISLET; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL SURVIVAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 82355188388     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-367-7_5     Document Type: Article

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