Implication of nitric oxide in NGF-induced cell differentiation: differences between neuronal and beta cells.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00640.x

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Implication of nitric oxide in NGF-induced cell differentiation: differences between neuronal and beta cells.

Journal of neuroendocrinology - 1 Nov 1997

Fayad W, Czernichow P, Scharfmann R

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Both pancreatic beta cells (insulin-secreting cells) and neuronal cells express functional receptors for nerve growth factor. However, while the effect of nerve growth factor on neuronal differentiation is well known, its role on pancreatic beta cells is not established. It has been demonstrated...

Topics

Animals
Cell Differentiation
Humans
Insulinoma
Islets of Langerhans
Nerve Growth Factors
Neurons
Nitric Oxide
Nitric Oxide Synthase
PC12 Cells
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Phenotype
Rats
Recombinant Proteins
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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