The physiological role of β-cell heterogeneity in pancreatic islet function

RKP Benninger, V Kravets - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Endocrine cells within the pancreatic islets of Langerhans are heterogeneous in terms of
transcriptional profile, protein expression and the regulation of hormone release. Even …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding cell fate acquisition in stem-cell-derived pancreatic islets using single-cell multiome-inferred regulomes

H Zhu, G Wang, KV Nguyen-Ngoc, D Kim, M Miller… - Developmental cell, 2023‏ - cell.com
Pancreatic islet cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells hold great promise for
modeling and treating diabetes. Differences between stem-cell-derived and primary islets …

Genetic risk converges on regulatory networks mediating early type 2 diabetes

JT Walker, DC Saunders, V Rai, HH Chen, P Orchard… - Nature, 2023‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), a major cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality, is
characterized by dysfunction of insulin-producing pancreatic islet β cells1, 2. T2D genome …

Stomach-derived human insulin-secreting organoids restore glucose homeostasis

X Huang, W Gu, J Zhang, Y Lan, JL Colarusso, S Li… - Nature cell …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Gut stem cells are accessible by biopsy and propagate robustly in culture, offering an
invaluable resource for autologous cell therapies. Insulin-producing cells can be induced in …

The human islet: mini-organ with mega-impact

JT Walker, DC Saunders, M Brissova… - Endocrine …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
This review focuses on the human pancreatic islet—including its structure, cell composition,
development, function, and dysfunction. After providing a historical timeline of key …

Emerging routes to the generation of functional β-cells for diabetes mellitus cell therapy

GG Nair, ES Tzanakakis, M Hebrok - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2020‏ - nature.com
Diabetes mellitus, which affects more than 463 million people globally, is caused by the
autoimmune ablation or functional loss of insulin-producing β-cells, and prevalence is …

[HTML][HTML] Palmitoylation couples insulin hypersecretion with β cell failure in diabetes

G Dong, S Adak, G Spyropoulos, Q Zhang, C Feng… - Cell metabolism, 2023‏ - cell.com
Hyperinsulinemia often precedes type 2 diabetes. Palmitoylation, implicated in exocytosis, is
reversed by acyl-protein thioesterase 1 (APT1). APT1 biology was altered in pancreatic …

Dopamine regulates pancreatic glucagon and insulin secretion via adrenergic and dopaminergic receptors

D Aslanoglou, S Bertera, M Sánchez-Soto… - Translational …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) are catecholamines primarily studied in the central
nervous system that also act in the pancreas as peripheral regulators of metabolism …

DYRK1A inhibitors as potential therapeutics for β-cell regeneration for diabetes

K Kumar, C Suebsuwong, P Wang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 422 million people are suffering from
diabetes worldwide. Current diabetes therapies are focused on optimizing blood glucose …