Exploring pancreatic beta-cell subgroups and their connectivity

GA Rutter, A Gresch, L Delgadillo Silva… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Functional pancreatic islet beta cells are essential to ensure glucose homeostasis across
species from zebrafish to humans. These cells show significant heterogeneity, and emerging …

Adipose signals regulating distal organ health and disease

A Gilani, L Stoll, EA Homan, JC Lo - Diabetes, 2024 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Excessive adiposity in obesity is a significant risk factor for development of type 2 diabetes
(T2D), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and other cardiometabolic diseases. An unhealthy …

Optogenetic β cell interrogation in vivo reveals a functional hierarchy directing the Ca2+ response to glucose supported by vitamin B6

LF Delgadillo-Silva, E Tasöz, SP Singh, P Chawla… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Coordination of cellular activity through Ca2+ enables β cells to secrete precise quantities of
insulin. To explore how the Ca2+ response is orchestrated in space and time, we implement …

Pancreatic islet cell plasticity: Pathogenic or therapeutically exploitable?

N Tanday, AI Tarasov, RC Moffett… - Diabetes, Obesity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of pancreatic islet endocrine cells is a tightly regulated process leading to
the generation of distinct cell types harbouring different hormones in response to small …

The regulation of selenoproteins in diabetes: A new way to treat diabetes

J Liang, Y He, C Huang, F Ji, X Zhou… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Selenium is an essential micronutrient required for the synthesis and function of
selenoproteins, most of which are enzymes involved in maintaining oxidative balance in the …

Emerging Concepts and Success Stories in Type 1 Diabetes Research: A Road Map for a Bright Future

R Mallone, E Sims, P Achenbach, C Mathieu… - Diabetes, 2025 - diabetesjournals.org
Type 1 diabetes treatment stands at a crucial and exciting crossroad since the 2022 US
Food and Drug Administration approval of teplizumab to delay disease development. In this …

Heterogeneous enhancer states orchestrate β cell responses to metabolic stress

L Wang, J Wu, M Sramek, SMB Obayomi, P Gao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Obesity-induced β cell dysfunction contributes to the onset of type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless,
elucidating epigenetic mechanisms underlying islet dysfunction at single cell level remains …

Exploring the design of clinical research studies on the efficacy mechanisms in type 2 diabetes mellitus

H Guan, S Zhao, J Li, Y Wang, P Niu… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This review examines the complexities of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), focusing on the
critical role of integrating omics technologies with traditional experimental methods. It …

Development, regeneration, and physiological expansion of functional β-cells: Cellular sources and regulators

МB Chernysheva, ЕS Ruchko, МV Karimova… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic regeneration is a complex process observed in both normal and pathological
conditions. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the …

Exploring senescence as a modifier of β cell extracellular vesicles in type 1 diabetes

RA Motlagh, J Pipella, PJ Thompson - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a chronic metabolic disease resulting from insulin deficiency due
to autoimmune loss of pancreatic β cells. In addition to β cell destruction, it is now accepted …