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Rfx6 Directs Islet Formation and Insulin Production in Mice and Humans

Insulin from the β-cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans controls energy homeostasis in vertebrates, and its deficiency causes diabetes mellitus. During embryonic development, the transcription factor Neurogenin3 initiates the differentiation of the β-cells and other islet cell types from pan...

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Autores principales: Smith, Stuart B., Qu, Hui-Qi, Taleb, Nadine, Kishimoto, Nina, Scheel, David W., Lu, Yang, Patch, Ann-Marie, Grabs, Rosemary, Wang, Juehu, Lynn, Francis C., Miyatsuka, Takeshi, Mitchell, John, Seerke, Rina, Désir, Julie, Eijnden, Serge Vanden, Abramowicz, Marc, Kacet, Nadine, Weill, Jacques, Renard, Marie-Éve, Gentile, Mattia, Hansen, Inger, Dewar, Ken, Hattersley, Andrew T., Wang, Rennian, Wilson, Maria E., Johnson, Jeffrey D., Polychronakos, Constantin, German, Michael S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20148032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08748