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In vitro-cultured human islet cell monolayers: stemness markers and insulin recovery upon streptozotocin exposure.
Tissue engineering. Part A - 1 Dec 2009
Montanucci Pia, Basta Giuseppe, Calafiore Riccardo
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We have investigated long-term in vitro-cultured human islet-derived cell monolayers (CM) to determine their suitability as source of newly generated beta-cells. Initial loss of the islet three-dimensional architecture resulted in rearrangement of pancreatic hormone and key transcriptional factor expression, or decreased insulin secretion, or declined glucose-stimulated insulin release, reflecting reversal to an...
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