LA Crawford, MA Guney, YA Oh, RA DeYoung, … - Molecular …, 2009 - Endocrine Soc The factors necessary for normal pancreatic islet morphogenesis have not been well characterized.
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S Rieck, P White, J Schug, AJ Fox, O Smirnova, … - Molecular …, 2009 - Endocrine Soc The inability of the ß-cell to meet the demand for insulin brought about by insulin resistance
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