From bugs to beta cells

• Main Authors: Yuxi Zhang, Daniel Hesselson
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-12-01
• Series: eLife
• Subjects: microbiota; beta cells; development
• Online Access: https://elifesciences.org/articles/23065
• ISSN: 2050-084X

Certain microbes in the intestine secrete protein that stimulates the proliferation of beta cells in the pancreas during development.