Open AccessProspects for therapy aimed at restoring the beta-cell pool in patients with diabetes mellitus (review of the literature)
Author(s) -
Valentina Peterkova,
Петеркова Валентина Александровна,
Д. Н. Лаптев,
Лаптев Дмитрий Никитич
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
saharnyj diabet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2072-0378
pISSN - 2072-0351
DOI - 10.14341/2072-0351-5444
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , regeneration (biology) , beta cell , beta (programming language) , cell therapy , intensive care medicine , bioinformatics , cell , endocrinology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , islet , computer science , programming language
The authors review results of evaluation of possibility, safety and prospects of regenerative therapy aimed at restoring beta-cell pool in diabetes mellitus. A detailed analysis of sources of new beta-cells is presented, reparation mechanisms and factors contributing to regeneration are discussed.