Pancreas organogenesis: From lineage determination to morphogenesis

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-105

  Shih, Hung Ping ^a   Wang, Allen ^a   Sander, Maike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

development; endocrine; exocrine; pancreas; pluripotent stem cell; progenitor

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DEVELOPMENT; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885792555     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101512-122405     Document Type: Review

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