Nature Communications (May 2021)

A 3D system to model human pancreas development and its reference single-cell transcriptome atlas identify signaling pathways required for progenitor expansion

  • Carla A. Gonçalves,
  • Michael Larsen,
  • Sascha Jung,
  • Johannes Stratmann,
  • Akiko Nakamura,
  • Marit Leuschner,
  • Lena Hersemann,
  • Rashmiparvathi Keshara,
  • Signe Perlman,
  • Lene Lundvall,
  • Lea Langhoff Thuesen,
  • Kristine Juul Hare,
  • Ido Amit,
  • Anne Jørgensen,
  • Yung Hae Kim,
  • Antonio del Sol,
  • Anne Grapin-Botton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23295-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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From single-cell transcriptome analyses to defining culture media for spheroids, the authors provide a census of information to understand the development of human pancreatic progenitors. This approach identifies signalling pathways (EGF and FGF) regulating progenitor proliferation.