Testosterone improves the differentiation efficiency of insulin-producing cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) may provide potential resource for regenerative medicine research, including generation of insulin-producing cells for diabetes research and insulin production. Testosterone (T) is an androgen hormone which promotes protein synthesis and improves the man...

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Main Authors: Haikun Liu, Dongsheng Guo, Aynisahan Ruzi, Yan Chen, Tingcai Pan, Fan Yang, Jialiang Li, Kecheng Xu, Tiancheng Zhou, Dajiang Qin, Yin-Xiong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5464652?pdf=render