Derivation of insulin-producing beta-cells from human pluripotent stem cells

Review of Diabetic Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-18

  Schiesser, Jacqueline V ^a   Micallef, Suzanne J ^a   Hawes, Susan ^a   Elefanty, Andrew G ^a,b   Stanley, Edouard G ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Insulin producing cells; Pancreas; Pluripotent cells; Progenitor; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; GLUCAGON; NEUROGENIN 3; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT3A PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRENDS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84906345800     PISSN: 16136071     EISSN: 16140575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1900/RDS.2014.11.6     Document Type: Review

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