AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING A COMMON STEM/PROGENITOR TO LIVER CELLS AND PANCREATIC CELLS

The invention provides animal models, where the ectopic expression of KGF, EGF, or both is under the control of a pancreas-specific promoter, e.g., the insulin promoter. The expression of KGF in the ins-KGF pancreatic islets of Langerhans results in enlarged islets, with substantial proliferation of...

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Hauptverfasser:	SARVETNICK, NORA, KRITZIK, MARCIE, R, KRAKOWSKI, MICHELLE, L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES CULTURE MEDIA ENZYMOLOGY FISHING FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING HYGIENE INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES PHYSICS PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS SPIRITS TESTING TRAPPING VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention provides animal models, where the ectopic expression of KGF, EGF, or both is under the control of a pancreas-specific promoter, e.g., the insulin promoter. The expression of KGF in the ins-KGF pancreatic islets of Langerhans results in enlarged islets, with substantial proliferation of duct cells within the islet mass, and the presence of albumin and alpha-fetoprotein-producing hepatocytes in the islets of the ins-KGF pancreata. The compositions and methods disclosed are useful for identifying and isolating pancreatic stem/progenitor cells, including a common stem/progenitor to liver cells and pancreatic cells.