Cell-to-cell contact dependence and junctional protein content are correlated with in vivo maturation of pancreatic beta cells

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 837-850

  Santos Silva, Junia Carolina ^a   de França Carvalho, Carolina Prado ^a   de Oliveira, Ricardo Beltrame ^b   Boschero, Antonio Carlos ^a   Collares Buzato, Carla Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta cell maturation; Cell adhesion; Insulin secretion; Intercellular junctions; Junctional proteins; Pancreas development; Pancreatic beta cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; F ACTIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN ZO1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TO CELL CONTACT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84863692697     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y2012-064     Document Type: Article

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