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Title
Gene expression of purified beta-cell tissue obtained from human pancreas with laser capture microdissection.
Authors
Marselli, Lorella; Thorne, Jeffrey; Ahn, Yu-Bae; Omer, Abdulkadir; Sgroi, Dennis C; Libermann, Towia; Otu, Hasan H; Sharma, Arun; Bonner-Weir, Susan; Weir, Gordon C
Abstract
Human beta-cell gene profiling is a powerful tool for understanding beta-cell biology in normal and pathological conditions. Assessment is complicated when isolated islets are studied because of contamination by non-beta-cells and the trauma of the isolation procedure.
Publication
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2008, Vol 93, Issue 3, p1046