A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Map of the Human and Mouse Pancreas Reveals Inter- and Intra-cell Population Structure

Cell Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 346-360.e4

  Baron, Maayan ^a,e   Veres, Adrian ^b,c   Wolock, Samuel L ^c   Faust, Aubrey L ^b   Gaujoux, Renaud ^a   Vetere, Amedeo ^d   Ryu, Jennifer Hyoje ^b   Wagner, Bridget K ^d   Shen Orr, Shai S ^a   Klein, Allon M ^c   Melton, Douglas A ^b   Yanai, Itai ^a,e  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Harvard University   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; CPA1 PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; DLK1 PROTEIN; FFAR4 PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROGLUCAGON; RGS PROTEIN; RGS5 PROTEIN; SDS PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TPSAB1 PROTEIN; TRAC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN III; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; EXOCRINE CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET EPSILON CELL; PANCREAS ISLET GAMMA CELL; PANCREATIC STELLATE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXOCRINE PANCREAS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84994641696     PISSN: 24054712     EISSN: 24054720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2016.08.011     Document Type: Article

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