Alberto Hayek

Exendin 4 up-regulates expression of PDX 1 and hastens differentiation and maturation of human fetal pancreatic cells.

A novel approach to increase human islet cell mass while preserving beta-cell function.

Alternatives to unmodified human islets for transplantation.

Characterization and isolation of promoter-defined nestin-positive cells from the human fetal pancreas.

Alphav-integrin utilization in human beta-cell adhesion, spreading, and motility.

Regulation of pancreatic cell differentiation and morphogenesis.

Maintenance of pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells is STAT3 independent.

In search of endocrine progenitor/stem cells in the human pancreas.

Activin A maintains pluripotency of human embryonic stem cells in the absence of feeder layers.

Cell replacement in type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Frontiers in diabetic research.

Long-term self-renewal and directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in chemically defined conditions.

Limited capacity of human adult islets expanded in vitro to redifferentiate into insulin-producing beta-cells.

Stopping diabetes in its tracks: autologous non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation.

Generation of definitive endoderm from human embryonic stem cells cultured in feeder layer-free conditions.

A novel approach for the derivation of putative primordial germ cells and sertoli cells from human embryonic stem cells.

Generation of rat and human induced pluripotent stem cells by combining genetic reprogramming and chemical inhibitors.

A distinct microRNA signature for definitive endoderm derived from human embryonic stem cells.

A chemical platform for improved induction of human iPSCs.

Generation of human-induced pluripotent stem cells in the absence of exogenous Sox2.

Impact of integrin-matrix interaction and signaling on insulin gene expression and the mesenchymal transition of human beta-cells.

Revealing a core signaling regulatory mechanism for pluripotent stem cell survival and self-renewal by small molecules.

Inhibitors of Src and focal adhesion kinase promote endocrine specification: impact on the derivation of β-cells from human pluripotent stem cells.

The SDF-1α/CXCR4 axis is required for proliferation and maturation of human fetal pancreatic endocrine progenitor cells.

A new factory for insulin-producing cells: the gut?

Pumping iron in the brain.

Kartogenin: a game-changer in regenerative medicine.

Generation of functional hair follicles from follicle germs in a nude mouse model of organ replacement regenerative therapy.

Is stage-specific embryonic antigen 4 a marker for human ductal stem/progenitor cells?

sRNA-seq analysis of human embryonic stem cells and definitive endoderm reveal differentially expressed microRNAs and novel isomiRs with distinct targets.