Formation of Pancreatic Islets Involves Coordinated Expansion of Small Islets and Fission of Large Interconnected Islet-like Structures
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Charles Guo; German Kilimnik; Junghyo Jo; Abraham Kim; Vipul Periwal; Manami Hara
- Source
- Biophysical Journal. 101:565-574
- Subject
- Male
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases
Fission
Biophysics
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Enteroendocrine cell
Biology
Models, Biological
Islets of Langerhans
Mice
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Glucose homeostasis
030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Pancreatic islets
Organ Size
Islet
Biological Systems and Multicellular Dynamics
Endocrinology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Animals, Newborn
Mouse Pancreas
Tumor progression
Time course
Female
- Language
- ISSN
- 0006-3495
The islets of Langerhans, micro-organs for maintaining glucose homeostasis, range in size from small clusters of