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Postnatal Expansion of the Pancreatic β-Cell Mass Is Dependent on Survivin
4 Jul 2008
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OBJECTIVE: Diabetes results from a deficiency of functional beta-cells due to both an increase in beta-cell death and an inhibition of beta-cell replication. The molecular mechanisms responsible for these effects in susceptible individuals are mostly unknown. The objective of this study was to determine whether a gene critical for cell division and cell survival in cancer cells, survivin, might also be important...
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