Article
Islet cell neogenesis in the pancreas.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Mar 1996
Bouwens L, Klöppel G
Abstract excerpt
The beta cell population of the endocrine pancreas may expand by either of two processes, neogenesis or replication. While replication requires the existence of an already differentiated beta cell, neogenesis depends on the presence of active stem cells. Since the replicative activity of highly specialized cells such as beta cells seems to be limited, it is interesting to study the potential of the endocrine...
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