Endocrine pancreas development: Effects of metabolic and intergenerational programming caused by a protein-restricted diet

Pancreas

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Frantz, Eliete Dalla Corte ^a   Peixoto Silva, Nayara ^a   Pinheiro Mulder, Alessandra ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

endocrine pancreas development; protein restricted diet; transgenerational programming; type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NEUROGENIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; MICE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84555170183     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3182236320     Document Type: Review

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