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The diabetes-linked transcription factor PAX4 promotes β-cell proliferation and survival in rat and human islets

The mechanism by which the β-cell transcription factor Pax4 influences cell function/mass was studied in rat and human islets of Langerhans. Pax4 transcripts were detected in adult rat islets, and levels were induced by the mitogens activin A and betacellulin. Wortmannin suppressed betacellulin-indu...

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Autores principales: Brun, Thierry, Franklin, Isobel, St-Onge, Luc, Biason-Lauber, Anna, Schoenle, Eugene J., Wollheim, Claes B., Gauthier, Benoit R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2172618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15596543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200405148