MafA Is Required for Postnatal Proliferation of Pancreatic β-Cells

Koki Eto; Wataru Nishimura; Hisashi Oishi; Haruhide Udagawa; Miho Kawaguchi; Masaki Hiramoto; Toshiyoshi Fujiwara; Satoru Takahashi; Kazuki Yasuda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104184

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MafA Is Required for Postnatal Proliferation of Pancreatic β-Cells

Koki Eto,

Affiliations Department of Metabolic Disorders, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Wataru Nishimura ,

* E-mail: wnishimura@ri.ncgm.go.jp (WN); kyasuda@ri.ncgm.go.jp (KY)

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Disorders, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hisashi Oishi,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Haruhide Udagawa,

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Disorders, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Miho Kawaguchi,

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Disorders, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Masaki Hiramoto,

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Disorders, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Toshiyoshi Fujiwara,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Satoru Takahashi,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kazuki Yasuda

* E-mail: wnishimura@ri.ncgm.go.jp (WN); kyasuda@ri.ncgm.go.jp (KY)

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Disorders, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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MafA Is Required for Postnatal Proliferation of Pancreatic β-Cells

Koki Eto,
Wataru Nishimura,
Hisashi Oishi,
Haruhide Udagawa,
Miho Kawaguchi,
Masaki Hiramoto,
Toshiyoshi Fujiwara,
Satoru Takahashi,
Kazuki Yasuda

Published: August 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104184

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