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Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine
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(6): 67-71, 2014.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-457832
ABSTRACT
Insulin is a hormone produced by isletβcells, which plays an important role in regulating cell division, cell differentiation, cell growth and regulating blood glucose levels.Decreased insulin and isletβcell dysfunction are vital fundamental characteristics of diabetes.There are many transcription factors involved in the development and maintaining of isletβcells.This review focuses on the transcription factors aboutβcell development.