"Betacellulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An EGF family member that plays an important role in regulating growth and differentiation of PANCREATIC BETA CELLS. Betacellulin has specificity for the EGF RECEPTOR and the ERBB-4 RECEPTOR.
| Descriptor ID |
D066259
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.382.374 D12.776.467.382.374 D23.529.382.374
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Betacellulin" by people in Profiles.
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Human oocyte maturation is dependent on LH-stimulated accumulation of the epidermal growth factor-like growth factor, amphiregulin. Hum Reprod. 2010 Oct; 25(10):2569-78.
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Rapamycin inhibits growth factor-induced cell cycle regulation in pancreatic beta cells. J Investig Med. 2008 Dec; 56(8):985-96.
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Organ alchemy: producing insulin in the liver. Nat Med. 2003 May; 9(5):504-5.