In vitro reconstitution of pancreatic islets

Organogenesis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 225-230

  Kojima, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Islet like cell clusters; Pancreatic islets; Pseudoislets; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOCRINE CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS ISLET; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84907523719     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.28351     Document Type: Review

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