Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase regulates pancreatic ductal, but not β -cell, regeneration
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Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase regulates pancreatic ductal, but not β‐cell, regeneration
The maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) is expressed in stem/progenitor cells in some adult tissues, where it has been implicated in diverse biological processes, including the control of cell proliferation. Here, we described studies on its role in adult pancreatic regeneration in response to injury induced by duct ligation and β-cell ablation. MELK expression was studied using tra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physiological Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2051-817X
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12131