Insulin is expressed by enteroendocrine cells during human fetal development
Adi Egozi, Dhana Llivichuzhca-Loja, Blake T. McCourt, Keren Bahar Halpern, Lydia Farack, Xiaojing An, Fujing Wang, Kong Chen, Liza Konnikova, Shalev Itzkovitz
The paper identifies a subset of fetal enteroendocrine cells expressing insulin and beta cell genes, suggesting an extra-pancreatic source of beta cells.
Nature Medicine · Dec 1, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology