Vol.28 No.3（2006 June）：368-372
Progress in Pancreatic Stem Cells
Abstract Islet transplantation is the best cure for type I diabetes mellitus. However, this protocol is limited by the scarcity of the transplantation material. Therefore it is urgent to search for new sources of islet cells all over the world. Recently great progress has been made on research of pancreatic stem cells, which are significant to supply for abundant islet cells. This review summarized the recent progress in pancreatic stem cells. Key words diabetes mellitus; pancreatic stem cells; b cells
Received: September 28, 2005 Accepted: February 22, 2006 This work was supported by the Major Technologies R & D Program of Zhejiang Province during the 10th Five-Year Plan Period (No. J20020579-30116) * Corresponding author. Tel: 86-571-88273604, Fax: 86-571-88273423, E-mail: zhaoxiaoli@zju.edu.cn |