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Transforming growth factor beta induction of insulin gene expression is mediated by pancreatic and duodenal homeobox gene-1 in rat insulinoma cells.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Feb 2000
Sayo Y, Hosokawa H, Imachi H, Murao K, Sato M, Wong N C, Ishida T, Takahara J
Abstract excerpt
Although transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) stimulates pancreatic islet cells to synthesize and secret insulin, the mechanism underlying this effect is not known. To investigate this question, we examined the insulin promoter activity focusing on a transcription factor, pancreatic and duo...
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