Pancreatic β-cell heterogeneity revisited

Identification of proliferative and mature β-cells in the islets of Langerhans

(2016) Erik Bader et al.   NATURE

Islet β cell mass in diabetes and how it relates to function, birth, and death

(2013) Gordon C. Weir et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Subpopulations of GFP-Marked Mouse Pancreatic β-Cells Differ in Size, Granularity, and Insulin Secretion

(2012) Hitoshi Katsuta et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Functional beta-cell maturation is marked by an increased glucose threshold and by expression of urocortin 3

(2012) Barak Blum et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rat neonatal beta cells lack the specialised metabolic phenotype of mature beta cells

(2011) A. Jermendy et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Transcriptomes of the major human pancreatic cell types

(2011) C. Dorrell et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Age-Dependent Decline in  -Cell Proliferation Restricts the Capacity of  -Cell Regeneration in Mice

(2009) S.-I. Tschen et al.   DIABETES

Heterogeneity in Mitotic Activity and Telomere Length Implies an Important Role of Young Islets in the Maintenance of Islet Mass in the Adult Pancreas

(2009) Si-wu Peng et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Exploring Functional β-Cell Heterogeneity In Vivo Using PSA-NCAM as a Specific Marker

(2009) Melis Karaca et al.   PLoS One