G Parnaud, D Bosco, T Berney, F Pattou, J … - Diabetologia, 2008 - Springer Abstract Aims/hypothesis The aim of the study was to determine whether purified
beta cells can replicate in vitro and whether this is enhanced by extracellular
matrix (ECM) and growth factors. Methods Human beta cells were purified by ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►endojournals.org P Ribaux, JA Ehses, N Lin-Marq, F … - Endocrinology, 2007 - Endocrine Soc As we showed previously, the extracellular matrix (ECM) derived from rat bladder
carcinoma cells (804G-ECM) has positive effects on rat primary β-cell function
and survival in vitro. The aim of this study was to define β-cell genes ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
I Virtanen, M Banerjee, J Palgi, O Korsgren, … - Diabetologia, 2008 - Springer Abstract Aims/hypothesis Based on mouse study findings, pancreatic islet cells
are supposed to lack basement membrane (BM) and interact directly with vascular
endothelial BM. Until now, the BM composition of human islets has remained ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org D Su, N Zhang, J He, S Qu, S Slusher, R … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Successful islet transplantation depends on the infusion of sufficiently large
quantities of islets, but only a small fraction of implanted islets become
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- ►endojournals.org DM Kilkenny, JV Rocheleau - Molecular Endocrinology, 2008 - Endocrine Soc Maintenance of pancreatic β-cell mass depends on extracellular stimuli that
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- ►nih.gov LM Weber, KS Anseth - Matrix Biology, 2008 - Elsevier The individual and synergistic effects of extracellular matrix interactions on
isolated islet function in culture were investigated within a three-dimensional
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T Otonkoski, M Banerjee, O Korsgren, LE … - Diabetes Obes Metab, 2008 - interscience.wiley.com Basement membranes (BMs) are an important part of the physiological
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何度, 张秀辉 - 世界华人消化杂志, 2007 - wjgnet.com Abstract Integrins, serving as transmembrane proteins, play major roles in
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C Alliende, YJ Kwon, M Brito, C Molina, S … - British Medical Journal, 2008 - ard.bmj.com Objectives: MUC5B contains sulfated and sialylated oligosaccharides that
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a beneficial effect on rat pancreatic cells in vitro. In this work, we analyzed
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