Single-Cell RNA-Seq of the Pancreatic Islets––a Promise Not yet Fulfilled?

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 539-544

  Wang, Yue J ^a   Kaestner, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

islets; single cell RNA seq; cell; cell heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; MESSENGER RNA;

CELL LEVEL; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; ENDOCRINE CELL; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCAGON-SECRETING CELLS; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-SEQ; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85062094359     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.11.016     Document Type: Review

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