Engineering islets from stem cells for advanced therapies of diabetes

J Siehler, AK Blöchinger, M Meier… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder that affects more than 460 million people
worldwide. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by autoimmune destruction of β-cells, whereas …

The promise of stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy

D Melton - Diabetologia, 2021 - Springer
Present-day treatments for people that are insulin dependent require multiple insulin
injections, sometimes with an insulin pump, coupled with regular blood glucose monitoring …

Charting cellular identity during human in vitro β-cell differentiation

A Veres, AL Faust, HL Bushnell, EN Engquist… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
In vitro differentiation of human stem cells can produce pancreatic β-cells; the loss of this
insulin-secreting cell type underlies type 1 diabetes. Here, as a step towards understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering early human pancreas development at the single-cell level

Z Ma, X Zhang, W Zhong, H Yi, X Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding pancreas development can provide clues for better treatments of pancreatic
diseases. However, the molecular heterogeneity and developmental trajectory of the early …

Comprehensive single cell mRNA profiling reveals a detailed roadmap for pancreatic endocrinogenesis

A Bastidas-Ponce, S Tritschler, L Dony… - …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Deciphering mechanisms of endocrine cell induction, specification and lineage allocation in
vivo will provide valuable insights into how the islets of Langerhans are generated …

Current progress in stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus

S Chen, K Du, C Zou - Stem cell research & therapy, 2020 - Springer
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the most common chronic autoimmune disease in young
patients and is characterized by the loss of pancreatic β cells; as a result, the body becomes …

A century-long journey from the discovery of insulin to the implantation of stem cell–derived islets

A Ramzy, PJ Belmonte, MJS Braam, S Ida… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For the past century, insulin injections have saved millions of lives, but glycemic instability is
still a persistent challenge for people with diabetes, leading to tremendous morbidity and …

Wnt signaling separates the progenitor and endocrine compartments during pancreas development

N Sharon, J Vanderhooft, J Straubhaar, J Mueller… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
In vitro differentiation of pluripotent cells into β cells is a promising alternative to cadaveric-
islet transplantation as a cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D). During the directed differentiation of …

Decoding pancreatic endocrine cell differentiation and β cell regeneration in zebrafish

J Mi, KC Liu, O Andersson - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
In contrast to mice, zebrafish have an exceptional yet elusive ability to replenish lost β cells
in adulthood. Understanding this framework would provide mechanistic insights for β cell …

Lineage tracing of stem cell–derived dopamine grafts in a Parkinson's model reveals shared origin of all graft-derived cells

P Storm, Y Zhang, F Nilsson, A Fiorenzano… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Stem cell therapies for Parkinson's disease are at an exciting time of development, and
several clinical trials have recently been initiated. Human pluripotent stem cells are …