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Multipotential nestin-positive stem cells isolated from adult pancreatic islets differentiate ex vivo into pancreatic endocrine, exocrine, and hepatic phenotypes.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2001
Zulewski H, Abraham E J, Gerlach M J, Daniel P B, Moritz W, Müller B, Vallejo M, Thomas M K, Habener J F
Abstract excerpt
The endocrine cells of the rat pancreatic islets of Langerhans, including insulin-producing beta-cells, turn over every 40-50 days by processes of apoptosis and the proliferation and differentiation of new islet cells (neogenesis) from progenitor epithelial cells located in the pancreatic ducts....
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