DNA methylation directs functional maturation of pancreatic β cells

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2851-2860

  Dhawan, Sangeeta ^a   Tschen, Shuen Ing ^a   Zeng, Chun ^a   Guo, Tingxia ^b   Hebrok, Matthias ^b   Matveyenko, Aleksey ^a   Bhushan, Anil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE 1; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84936797255     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI79956     Document Type: Article

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