Exocrine-to-endocrine differentiation is detectable only prior to birth in the uninjured mouse pancreas
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Histological evidence suggests that insulin-producing beta (β)-cells arise in utero from duct-like structures of the fetal exocrine pancreas, and genetic lineage tracing studies indicate that they are maintained in the adult by self-...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-04-01
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Series: | BMC Developmental Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/10/38 |