Pancreatic beta cell proliferation is high at birth and then rapidly declines. In this issue of Developmental Cell,Stolovich-Rain et al. (2015) show that beta cells' capacity to increase proliferation in response to injury is unexpectedly not acquired until after weaning-related nutritional changes trigger a metabolic and regenerative competence program.
Weaning Gives beta Cells License to Regenerate
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