Single-cell transcriptomes identify human islet cell signatures and reveal cell-type-specific expression changes in type 2 diabetes

Genome Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 208-222

  Lawlor, Nathan ^a   George, Joshy ^a   Bolisetty, Mohan ^a   Kursawe, Romy ^a   Sun, Lili ^a   Sivakamasundari, V ^a   Kycia, Ina ^a   Robson, Paul ^a,b   Stitzel, Michael L ^a,b  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GHRELIN; LEPTIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET GAMMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85012994420     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.212720.116     Document Type: Article

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