METHOD FOR PREPARING PANCREATIC BETA CELLS STARTING FROM BETA CELL PROGENITORS AND BETA CELLS THEREBY OBTAINED

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for preparing pancreatic islet cells, and preferably pancreatic beta cells starting from progenitor cells obtained from the pancreas of an adult mammal. The invention also provides a method for isolating progenitor cells, and preferably beta cell progenitors, from the pancreas of an adult mammal. Other aspects of the invention comprise the pancreatic islet (beta) cells and the progenitor cells that can be obtained with the present invention and their use, e.g. in diagnostic, therapeutic or research applications.