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Comment
. 2012 Nov;5(6):709-10.
doi: 10.1242/dmm.010876.

Finding NECA: zebrafish screen identifies key signalling pathway in β-cell regeneration

Asha Seth  1
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Finding NECA: zebrafish screen identifies key signalling pathway in β-cell regeneration

Asha Seth. Dis Model Mech. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

Summary of and comment on a recent Cell Metabolism paper entitled ‘Adenosine signaling promotes regeneration of pancreatic β cells in vivo’ (Andersson et al., 2012).

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