Role of transcription factors in the transdifferentiation of pancreatic islet cells

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages R103-R117

  van der Meulen, Talitha ^a   Huising, Mark O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARX; Dedifferentiation; Diabetes; FOXO1; NKX2 2; PAX4; PDX1; Transdifferentiation; cell; cell

Indexed keywords

MEN1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PTF1A; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GLUCAGON-SECRETING CELLS; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84929068995     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-14-0290     Document Type: Review

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