Research Article - (2014) Volume 4, Issue 8

Murine Insulinoma Cell-Conditioned Medium with ΒETA2/Neurod1 Transduction Efficiently Induces the Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into β-Like Cells both In Vitro and In Vivo

Hidetoshi Eguchi1, Hitoshi Okochi2*, Hiroaki Nagano1*, Tatsuo S Hamazaki2, Masaki Mori1, Yuichiro Doki1, Takashi Miki6, Eri Mukai6, Eun Young Lee6, Toshinori Ito5, Masahiro Tanemura4, Koichi Kawamoto1#, Shogo Kobayashi1, Hiroshi Wada1, Naoki Hama1, Yoshito Tomimaru1, Satsuki Fukuda2, Jun Koseki3, Naohiro Nishida3, Hideshi Ishii3, Masamitsu Konno3# and Shigeharu Yabe2#
1Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan, E-mail: hokochi@ri.ncgm.go.jp
2Department of Regenerative Medicine, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan, E-mail: hokochi@ri.ncgm.go.jp
3Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center, Hiroshima, 737-0023, Japan, E-mail: hokochi@ri.ncgm.go.jp
4Department of Surgery and Institute for Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center, Hiroshima, 737-0023, Japan, E-mail: hokochi@ri.ncgm.go.jp
5Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan, E-mail: hokochi@ri.ncgm.go.jp
6Department of Medical Physiology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan, E-mail: hokochi@ri.ncgm.go.jp
#Contributed equally to this work
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