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Overexpression of PAX4 reduces glucagon expression in differentiating hESCs
1 Mar 2014
Abstract excerpt
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are pluripotent and capable of generating new β-cells, but current in vitro differentiation protocols generally fail to produce mature, glucose-responsive, unihormonal β-cells. Instead, these methods tend to produce immature polyhormonal endocrine cells which mature in vivo into glucagon-positive α-cells. PAX4 is an established transcription factor in β-cell development and...
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