| Pancreatic Islet Cell Regeneration and Growth Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Vinik, Aaron I. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1461365260 ISBN-13: 9781461365266 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physiology - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics - Science | Life Sciences - Biochemistry |
| Dewey: 612.34 |
| Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.73 lbs) 187 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aaron I. Vinik, M.D., Ph.D. I IEastem Virginia Medical School The Diabetes Institutes Norfolk, Virginia 23510 This symposium, held in June 1991, was a gathering of international scientists to exchange their views on current concepts of cell growth and differentiation. Each scientist was asked to present a topic of their research related to cell growth and regeneration and to participate in a round table conference elaborating on current knowledge and sharing their experiences. By furthering this promising area of endeavor, a means of understanding ontogeny of cell development and of providing insights into tumor biology would prevail. Of prime importance was the anticipation that new information from a better understanding of the normal evolution of the pancreatic islet would generate alternative approaches to curing diabetes. This forward serves as a short introduction to the concept of pancreatic islet regeneration and the models currently in use to study the process. DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGIN OF ISLETS DURING EMRYOGENESIS The developing pancreas appears as a protrusion from the dorsal surface of the l embryonic gut. The different islet cell types appear sequentially during development in vivo. It therefore seems reasonable to propose that coordinated growth is dependent upon specificity of growth factors. |