[HTML][HTML] Diabetes mellitus—Progress and opportunities in the evolving epidemic

ED Abel, AL Gloyn, C Evans-Molina, JJ Joseph… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Diabetes, a complex multisystem metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia, leads
to complications that reduce quality of life and increase mortality. Diabetes pathophysiology …

Kee** pace: the primary cilium as the conducting baton of the islet

O Idevall-Hagren, C Incedal Nilsson, G Sanchez - Diabetologia, 2024 - Springer
Primary cilia are rod-like sensory organelles that protrude from the surface of most
mammalian cells, including the cells of the islet, and mounting evidence supports important …

Structure, interaction and nervous connectivity of beta cell primary cilia

A Müller, N Klena, S Pang, LEG Garcia… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Primary cilia are sensory organelles present in many cell types, partaking in various
signaling processes. Primary cilia of pancreatic beta cells play pivotal roles in paracrine …

[HTML][HTML] Cycling alpha cells in regenerative drug-treated human pancreatic islets may serve as key beta cell progenitors

E Karakose, X Wang, P Wang, S Carcamo… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Diabetes results from an inadequate number of insulin-producing human beta cells. There is
currently no clinically available effective means to restore beta cell mass in millions of …

Modeling gene interactions in polygenic prediction via geometric deep learning

H Li, J Zeng, MP Snyder, S Zhang - Genome Research, 2025 - genome.cshlp.org
Polygenic risk score (PRS) is a widely used approach for predicting individuals' genetic risk
of complex diseases, playing a pivotal role in advancing precision medicine. Traditional …

Intravital imaging reveals glucose-dependent cilia movement in pancreatic islets in vivo

O Melnyk, JK Guo, ZA Li, JH Jo, JW Hughes… - Metabolism, 2025 - Elsevier
Pancreatic islet cells harbor primary cilia, small sensory organelles that detect
environmental changes to regulate hormone secretion and intercellular communication …

An Inherited Allele Confers Prostate Cancer Progression and Drug Resistance via RFX6/HOXA10‐Orchestrated TGFβ Signaling

M Zhong, W Xu, P Tian, Q Zhang, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic and epigenetic alterations are cancer hallmark characteristics. However, the role of
inherited cancer predisposition alleles in co‐opting lineage factor epigenetic reprogramming …

[HTML][HTML] Primary cartilage transcriptional signatures reflect cell-type-specific molecular pathways underpinning osteoarthritis

G Katsoula, JEG Lawrence, AL Arruda, M Tutino… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Translational efforts in osteoarthritis are hampered by a gap in our understanding of disease
processes at the molecular level. Here, we present evidence of pronounced transcriptional …

E3 ligase substrate adaptor SPOP fine-tunes the UPR of pancreatic β cells

AU Oguh, MW Haemmerle, S Sen… - Genes & …, 2025 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The Cullin-3 E3 ligase adaptor protein SPOP targets proteins for ubiquitination and
proteasomal degradation. We previously established the β-cell transcription factor (TF) and …

The role of glucose-6-phosphatase activity in glucose homeostasis and its potential for diabetes therapy

LS Tan, HH Lau, EM Abdelalim, CM Khoo… - Trends in Molecular …, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit (G6PC) 1 and G6PC2 are crucial for
glucose metabolism, regulating processes like glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and …