Obestatin enhances in vitro generation of pancreatic islets through regulation of developmental pathways.

Availability of large amounts of in vitro generated β-cells may support replacement therapy in diabetes. However, methods to obtain β-cells from stem/progenitor cells are limited by inefficient endocrine differentiation. We have recently shown that the ghrelin gene product obestatin displays benefic...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Baragli, Cristina Grande, Iacopo Gesmundo, Fabio Settanni, Marina Taliano, Davide Gallo, Eleonora Gargantini, Ezio Ghigo, Riccarda Granata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3669302?pdf=render