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SUBMITTER: Hija A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3900543 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hija Ayat A Salpeter Seth S Klochendler Agnes A Grimsby Joseph J Brandeis Michael M Glaser Benjamin B Dor Yuval Y
Diabetes 20131015 2
Most of our knowledge on cell kinetics stems from in vitro studies of continuously dividing cells. In this study, we determine in vivo cell-cycle parameters of pancreatic β-cells, a largely quiescent population, using drugs that mimic or prevent glucose-induced replication of β-cells in mice. Quiescent β-cells exposed to a mitogenic glucose stimulation require 8 h to enter the G1 phase of the cell cycle, and this time is prolonged in older age. The duration of G1, S, and G2/M is ~5, 8, and 6 h, ...[more]