The Role of G Protein–Coupled Receptors and Receptor Kinases in Pancreatic β-Cell Function and Diabetes

MJ Varney, JL Benovic, M Michel - Pharmacological reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Type 2 diabetes (T2D) mellitus has emerged as a major global health concern that
has accelerated in recent years due to poor diet and lifestyle. Afflicted individuals have high …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting IL-12 family cytokines: A potential strategy for type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus

J Luo, T Ning, X Li, T Jiang, S Tan, D Ma - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Diabetes is a common metabolic disease characterized by an imbalance in blood glucose
levels. The pathogenesis of diabetes involves the essential role of cytokines, particularly the …

Beneficial islet inflammation in health depends on pericytic TLR/MyD88 signaling

A Schonblum, DA Naser, S Ovadia… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
While inflammation is beneficial for insulin secretion during homeostasis, its transformation
adversely affects β-cells and contributes to diabetes. However, the regulation of islet …

Interferon-α promotes HLA-B-restricted presentation of conventional and alternative antigens in human pancreatic β-cells

A Carré, F Samassa, Z Zhou… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Interferon (IFN)-α is the earliest cytokine signature observed in individuals at risk for type 1
diabetes (T1D), but the effect of IFN-α on the antigen repertoire of HLA Class I (HLA-I) in …

Absence of Slc39a14/Zip14 in mouse pancreatic beta cells results in hyperinsulinemia

YH Hung, Y Kim, SB Mitchell… - American Journal of …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Zinc is an essential component of the insulin protein complex synthesized in β cells. The
intracellular compartmentalization and distribution of zinc are controlled by 24 …

HumanIslets: An integrated platform for human islet data access and analysis

JD Ewald, Y Lu, CE Ellis, J Worton, J Kolic, S Sasaki… - BioRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Comprehensive molecular and cellular phenotyping of human islets can enable deep
mechanistic insights for diabetes research. We established the Human Islet Data Analysis …

Integrating single-cell RNA-seq datasets with substantial batch effects

K Hrovatin, AA Moinfar, L Zappia, AT Lapuerta… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Integration of single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets has become a standard
part of the analysis, with conditional variational autoencoders (cVAE) being among the most …

Sex-specific regulatory architecture of pancreatic islets from subjects with and without type 2 diabetes

MMF Qadir, RM Elgamal, K Song, P Kudtarkar… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Patients with type 2 and type 1 diabetes (T2D and T1D) exhibit sex-specific differences in
insulin secretion, the mechanisms of which are unknown. We examined sex differences in …

Single cell regulatory architecture of human pancreatic islets suggests sex differences in β cell function and the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes

MMF Qadir, RM Elgamal, K Song… - Research …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Type 2 and type 1 diabetes (T2D, T1D) exhibit sex differences in insulin secretion, the
mechanisms of which are unknown. We examined sex differences in human pancreatic …

Pericytes modulate islet immune cells and insulin secretion through Interleukin-33 production in mice

G Burganova, A Schonblum, L Sakhneny… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Immune cells were recently shown to support β-cells and insulin secretion.
However, little is known about how islet immune cells are regulated to maintain glucose …