TY - JOUR TI - The generation of insulin-producing cells from embryonic stem cells - a discussion of controversial findings AU - Kania, Gabriela AU - Blyszczuk, Przemyslaw AU - Wobus, AnnaM. T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - The derivation of insulin-producing cells from embryonic stem (ES) cells has been controversially described. Whereas several authors showed successful differentiation of mouse ES cells into islet-like clusters, others could not confirm the results. Here, we present a detailed comparison of the various strategies used to generate pancreatic cells with respect to protocols and differentiation factors and give an explanation of the contradictory findings. It is suggested that the selection or enrichment of ES-derived nestin-positive cells should be avoided, since these cells are already committed to a neural fate before pancreatic differentiation is induced. PY - 2004 DO - 10.1387/ijdb.041925gk VL - 48 IS - 10 SP - 1061 EP - 1064 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/041925gk Y2 - 2024/11/05/17:20:50 ER -