Specialised cells within that tissue, called islet beta cells, make insulin.
TAT-PDX1 protein induces the differentiation of human fetal liver mesenchymal stem cells into islet beta cells
Glucose up-regulates expression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in pancreatic beta cell line NIT-1
Insulin is secreted by beta cells, specialized cells in the pancreas.
When the aggressive, autoimmune disease-causing T cells are presented with antigens from dying beta cells, they keep attacking and killing the beta cells.
Besides producing insulin, the transformed exocrine cells looked like beta cells and ceased making proteins typical of exocrine cells.
Directional differentiation of stem cells into islet beta cells: The transplantation for treating diabetes
Effects of the second phase injury of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion on the secretion of pancreatic beta cells
