The BCBC "perspectives articles" are short reports of ongoing scientific investigations. We select primary research publications, relevant to beta cell biology, and write short synopses on these. Our articles focus on the fundamental advancements that the publications report on and provide a focused view of these.

Generation of Beta Cells from Endogenous Progenitors in Injured Adult Mouse Pancreas - Feb. 01, 2008

MafB is an activator of glucagon gene expression in α- and β-cells - Jun. 12, 2006

APOCHIP - A Microarray Platform for Studying Beta Cell Apoptosis - Mar. 09, 2006

Ghrelin cells arise from Ngn3-expressing precursors - Oct. 03, 2005

CITR - Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry - May. 19, 2005

KLF11 is a glucose-inducible regulator of the insulin gene - Apr. 25, 2005

A new ESC culture protocol for generating islet cells - Apr. 04, 2005

HNF-4α regulates K_ATP channel-dependent insulin secretion in β-cells - Mar. 17, 2005

Ghrelin cells fill the void - Mar. 01, 2005

Regulation of Insulin Exocytosis by a Novel Islet-Specific microRNA - Dec. 13, 2004

Pancreas-derived multipotent precursors - PMPs to the rescue - Nov. 16, 2004

No adult supervision for beta cells? - Nov. 09, 2004