| Literature DB >> 19920338 |
Maithili P Dalvi1, Malati R Umrani, Mugdha V Joglekar, Anandwardhan A Hardikar.
Abstract
Phenotypic plasticity is a phenomenon that describes the occurrence of 2 or more distinct phenotypes under diverse conditions. This article discusses the work carried out over the past few years in understanding the potential of human pancreatic islet-derived progenitors for cell replacement therapy in diabetes. The phenotypic plasticity exhibited by pancreatic progenitors during reversible epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and possible role of microRNAs in regulation of this process is also presented herein.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19920338 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0071-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biosci ISSN: 0250-5991 Impact factor: 1.826