From pancreatic islet formation to beta-cell regeneration

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Ben Othman, Nouha ^a,b,c   Courtney, Monica ^a,b,c   Vieira, Andhira ^a,b,c   Pfeifer, Anja ^a,b,c   Druelle, Noémie ^a,b,c   Gjernes, Elisabet ^a,b,c   Faurite, Biljana ^a,b,c   Avolio, Fabio ^a,b,c   Collombat, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^c JDRF   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta cell; Diabetes; Islets of Langerhans; Mouse; Pancreas development; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL REGENERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS MORPHOGENESIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PANCREAS ISLET; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; REGENERATION;

EID: 84879604332     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.01.013     Document Type: Review

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