Pancreatic α-Cell Specific Deletion of Mouse Arx Leads to α-Cell Identity Loss

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wilcox, Crystal L ^a   Terry, Natalie A ^a   Walp, Erik R ^a   Lee, Randall A ^a   May, Catherine Lee ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARISTALESS RELATED HOMEOBOX GENE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON-SECRETING CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 84878983251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066214     Document Type: Article

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