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Acinar phenotype is preserved in human exocrine pancreas cells cultured at low temperature: implications for lineage-tracing of β-cell neogenesis.
Bioscience reports - 1 Jun 2016
Mfopou Josué K, Houbracken Isabelle, Wauters Elke, Mathijs Iris, Song Imane, Himpe Eddy, Baldan Jonathan, Heimberg Harry, Bouwens Luc
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The regenerative medicine field is expanding with great successes in laboratory and preclinical settings. Pancreatic acinar cells in diabetic mice were recently converted into β-cells by treatment with ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). This suggests that human acinar cells might become a cornerstone for diabetes cell therapy in the future, if they can also be converted into...
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