Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Exp Med. May 20, 2015; 5(2): 40-49
Published online May 20, 2015. doi: 10.5493/wjem.v5.i2.40
Figure 1
Figure 1 Early cell-cell interactions that give rise to pancreatic cells derived from definitive endoderm of the foregut (FG). Factors released by notochord (N) such as activin-βB and FGF-2 permit expression of PDX-1 and suppress expression of sonic hedgehog. FGF: Fibroblast growth factor; PDX: Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox.