Birth and Death of Human β-Cells in Pancreases from Cadaver Donors, Autopsies, Surgical Specimens, and Islets Transplanted into Mice

There is great interest in the potential of the human endocrine pancreas for regeneration by β-cell replication or neogenesis. Our aim was to explore this potential in adult human pancreases and in both islet and exocrine tissue transplanted into mice. The design was to examine pancreases obtained f...

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Main Authors: Francisco Caballero, Karolina Siniakowicz, Jennifer Hollister-Lock, Luisa Duran, Hitoshi Katsuta, Takatsugu Yamada, Ji Lei, Shaoping Deng, Gunilla T. Westermark, James Markmann, Susan Bonner-Weir, Gordon C. Weir M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-03-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096368912X659916