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Differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from diabetic patients into insulin-producing cells in vitro.
Chinese medical journal - 5 May 2007
Sun Yu, Chen Li, Hou Xin-guo, Hou Wei-kai, Dong Jian-jun, Sun Lei, Tang Kuan-xiao, Wang Bin, Song Jun, Li Hui, Wang Ke-xin
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BACKGROUND: Stem cells, which have the ability to differentiate into insulin-producing cells (IPCs), would provide a potentially unlimited source of islet cells for transplantation and alleviate the major limitations of availability and allogeneic rejection. Therefore, the utilization of stem cells is becoming the most promising therapy for diabetes mellitus (DM). Here, we studied the differentiation capacity of...
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