What is it about?

Human pancreatic islets develop through fusion of 2 types of unique precursor islets. It shows how the unique islet structure is established.

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Why is it important?

A breakthrough for the understanding of principle as to how islets are developed since Langerhans first described the pancreatic islands 150 years ago.

Perspectives

The principle of fusion might be referred to competent islet production in vitro and functional regulation in vino.

prof Inchul Lee
Asan Medical Center

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This page is a summary of: Human pancreatic islets develop through fusion of distinctβandα/δislets, Development Growth & Differentiation, August 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12308.
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