Maintenance of β-cell maturity and plasticity in the adult pancreas: Developmental biology concepts in adult physiology

Diabetes

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1365-1371

  Szabat, Marta ^a   Lynn, Francis C ^a,b   Hoffman, Brad G ^a,b   Kieffer, Timothy J ^a   Allan, Douglas W ^a   Johnson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIN 3; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CELL VOLUME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; PANCREAS;

EID: 84861914948     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db11-1361     Document Type: Review

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