Follistatin regulates the relative proportions of endocrine versus exocrine tissue during pancreatic development

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				K. D. Carpenter, K. Hayashi, and T. E. Spencer Ovarian Regulation of Endometrial Gland Morphogenesis and Activin-Follistatin System in the Neonatal Ovine Uterus Biol Reprod, September 1, 2003; 69(3): 851 - 860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. Duvillie, M. Attali, V. Aiello, E. Quemeneur, and R. Scharfmann Label-Retaining Cells in the Rat Pancreas: Location and Differentiation Potential in Vitro Diabetes, August 1, 2003; 52(8): 2035 - 2042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. S. Tulachan, R. Doi, Y. Kawaguchi, S. Tsuji, S. Nakajima, T. Masui, M. Koizumi, E. Toyoda, T. Mori, D. Ito, et al. All-Trans Retinoic Acid Induces Differentiation of Ducts and Endocrine Cells by Mesenchymal/Epithelial Interactions in Embryonic Pancreas Diabetes, January 1, 2003; 52(1): 76 - 84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. Rachdi, J.-C. Marie, and R. Scharfmann Role for VPAC2 Receptor-Mediated Signals in Pancreas Development Diabetes, January 1, 2003; 52(1): 85 - 92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M.-A. Huotari, P. J. Miettinen, J. Palgi, T. Koivisto, J. Ustinov, D. Harari, Y. Yarden, and T. Otonkoski ErbB Signaling Regulates Lineage Determination of Developing Pancreatic Islet Cells in Embryonic Organ Culture Endocrinology, November 1, 2002; 143(11): 4437 - 4446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y. Kido, J. Nakae, M. L. Hribal, S. Xuan, A. Efstratiadis, and D. Accili Effects of Mutations in the Insulin-like Growth Factor Signaling System on Embryonic Pancreas Development and beta -Cell Compensation to Insulin Resistance J. Biol. Chem., September 20, 2002; 277(39): 36740 - 36747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y.-Q. Zhang, H. Zhang, A. Maeshima, H. Kurihara, J.-i. Miyagawa, T. Takeuchi, and I. Kojima Up-Regulation of the Expression of Activins in the Pancreatic Duct by Reduction of the {beta}-Cell Mass Endocrinology, September 1, 2002; 143(9): 3540 - 3547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y. Sidis, D. V. Tortoriello, W. E. Holmes, Y. Pan, H. T. Keutmann, and A. L. Schneyer Follistatin-Related Protein and Follistatin Differentially Neutralize Endogenous vs. Exogenous Activin Endocrinology, May 1, 2002; 143(5): 1613 - 1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. Elghazi, C. Cras-Meneur, P. Czernichow, and R. Scharfmann Role for FGFR2IIIb-mediated signals in controlling pancreatic endocrine progenitor cell proliferation PNAS, March 19, 2002; 99(6): 3884 - 3889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Bhushan, N. Itoh, S. Kato, J. P. Thiery, P. Czernichow, S. Bellusci, and R. Scharfmann Fgf10 is essential for maintaining the proliferative capacity of epithelial progenitor cells during early pancreatic organogenesis Development, December 15, 2001; 128(24): 5109 - 5117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. Rachdi, L. El Ghazi, F. Bernex, J.-J. Panthier, P. Czernichow, and R. Scharfmann Expression of the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase KIT in Mature {beta}-Cells and in the Pancreas in Development Diabetes, September 1, 2001; 50(9): 2021 - 2028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]