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Glucocorticoid signalling affects pancreatic development through both direct and indirect effects.
Diabetologia - 1 Dec 2006
Gesina E, Blondeau B, Milet A, Le Nin I, Duchene B, Czernichow P, Scharfmann R, Tronche F, Breant B
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Beta cell development is sensitive to glucocorticoid levels. Although direct effects of glucocorticoids on pancreatic precursors have been shown to control beta cell mass expansion, indirect effects of these hormones on pancreatic development remain unexplored. This issue was addressed in mice lacking the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in the whole organism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The pancreatic...
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