... Science UniversityBeaverton, ORISBN: 97 8-1 -5 882 9-7 9 4-5 e-ISBN: 97 8-1 -6 032 7-0 4 3-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008923501©2008 Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media, LLCAll ... for the ß-cell loss through a combination of partial ß-cell regeneration and hyperfunction of theremaining ß-cells, and thus remain normoglycemic under normal circumstances. The partial ß-cell ... glucose-infusion or partial pancreatectomy, showing a profoundly alteredpattern of transcriptional expression of important ß-cell genes, termed “ß-cell dedifferentiation” (101 ,102 ).2. ß-cell...