Generation of β cells from human pluripotent stem cells: Are we there yet?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1311, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-137

  Schiesser, Jacqueline V ^a   Wells, James M ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Differentiation; Endoderm; Pancreas; Pluripotent stem cell; cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL THERAPY; ENDODERM; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; STEM CELL;

DIABETES; DIFFERENTIATION; ENDODERM; PANCREAS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; Β CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; PANCREAS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84898446784     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12369     Document Type: Article

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