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[Pancreatic stem cells--a new therapeutic option for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus?].
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique - 1 Nov 2002
Zulewski H
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The recent discovery of heretofore unknown, multipotential stem cells within the embryonic and adult islets of Langerhans suggests new therapeutic options for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 1. These cells are characterised by the expression of the neural stem cell marker nestin and by their ability to differentiate ex vivo into pancreatic endocrine, exocrine and hepatic phenotypes with the expression of...
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