Epithelial to mesenchymal transition in human endocrine islet cells.

β-cells undergo an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) when expanded in monolayer culture and give rise to highly proliferative mesenchymal cells that retain the potential to re-differentiate into insulin-producing cells.To investigate whether EMT takes place in the endocrine non-β cells of h...

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Main Authors: José Luis Moreno-Amador, Noèlia Téllez, Sandra Marin, Caterina Aloy-Reverté, Carlos Semino, Montserrat Nacher, Eduard Montanya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5779658?pdf=render