- ►diabetesjournals.org HA Russ, Y Bar, P Ravassard, S Efrat - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS— β-Cells were efficiently and specifically labeled by the dual virus
system. Label + , insulin − cells derived from β-cells were shown to
proliferate for a maximum of 16 population doublings, with an approximate ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org F Atouf, CH Park, K Pechhold, M Ta, Y Choi, … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc We used cre/loxP-based genetic lineage tracing analysis to test a previously
proposed hypothesis that in vitro cultured adult pancreatic β-cells undergo
epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to generate a highly proliferative, ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►shouxi.net N Weinberg, L Ouziel-Yahalom, S Knoller, S … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Understanding and manipulating pancreatic β-cell proliferation is a major
challenge for pancreas biology and diabetes therapy. Recent studies have raised
the possibility that human β-cells can undergo dedifferentiation and give ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►alphamedpress.org B Davani, L Ikonomou, BM Raaka, E Geras- … - Stem Cells, 2007 - AlphaMed Press Islet transplantation offers improved glucose homeostasis in diabetic patients,
but transplantation of islets is limited by the supply of donor pancreases.
Undifferentiated precursors hold promise for cell therapy because they can ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
R Gallo, F Gambelli, B Gava, F Sasdelli, V … - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2007 - nature.com Cellular models and culture conditions for in vitro expansion of
insulin-producing cells represent a key element to develop cell therapy for
diabetes. Initial evidence that human -cells could be expanded after ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov RA Morton, E Geras-Raaka, LM Wilson, BM … - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2007 - Elsevier We previously presented evidence that proliferative human islet precursor cells
may be derived in vitro from adult islets by epithelial-to-mesenchymal
transition (EMT) and show here that similar fibroblast-like cells can be ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov Y Bar, HA Russ, S Knoller, L Ouziel-Yahalom, … - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc OBJECTIVE—In vitro expansion of β-cells from adult human islets could solve
the tissue shortage for cell replacement therapy of diabetes. Culture of human
islet cells typically results in <16 cell doublings and loss of insulin ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►shouxi.net LG Chase, F Ulloa-Montoya, BL Kidder, CM … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc As recent studies suggest that newly formed pancreatic β-cells are a result of
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JJ Meier, AE Butler, Y Saisho, T Monchamp, … - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc OBJECTIVE— Little is known about the capacity, mechanisms, or timing of growth
in β-cell mass in humans. We sought to establish if the predominant expansion
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L Ouziel-Yahalom, M Zalzman, L Anker-Kitai, S … - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2006 - Elsevier Type 1 diabetes is caused by autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic islet
insulin-producing β cells. Insulin administration does not prevent long-term
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