β-cell regeneration and differentiation: How close are we to the ‘holy grail’?

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages R119-R129

  Tan, Gemma ^a,b   Elefanty, Andrew G ^a,b,c   Stanley, Edouard G ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Diabetes (all); Insulin; Islet cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84924910698     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-14-0188     Document Type: Article

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