The transcriptional landscape of mouse beta cells compared to human beta cells reveals notable species differences in long non-coding RNA and protein-coding gene expression

Christopher Benner, Talitha van der Meulen, Elena L. Cáceres, Kristof Tigyi, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Mark O. Huising

BMC Genomics · 2014 · 306 citations · 57 references

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Abstract

The comprehensive mouse alpha and beta cell transcriptomes complemented by the comparison of the global (dis)similarities between mouse and human beta cells represent invaluable resources to boost the accuracy by which rodent models offer guidance in finding cures for human diabetes.

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