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β-cell development and turnover during prenatal life in humans
19 Dec 2009
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INTRODUCTION: beta-cell regeneration is an area under active investigation for the future treatment of diabetes, but little is known about the patterns and dynamics of prenatal beta-cell development in humans. In particular, the quantitative changes in beta-cell mass in the developing pancreas have not been elucidated in detail. We addressed the following questions in prenatal humans: i) what is the timing of...
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