Stem cells differentiation into insulin-producing cells (IPCs): recent advances and current challenges

IBB Silva, CH Kimura, VP Colantoni… - Stem cell research & …, 2022 - Springer
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a chronic disease characterized by an autoimmune
destruction of insulin-producing β-pancreatic cells. Although many advances have been …

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 …

NKX6. 1 transcription factor: a crucial regulator of pancreatic β cell development, identity, and proliferation

II Aigha, EM Abdelalim - Stem cell research & therapy, 2020 - Springer
Understanding the biology underlying the mechanisms and pathways regulating pancreatic
β cell development is necessary to understand the pathology of diabetes mellitus (DM) …

Stem cell transplantation therapy and neurological disorders: current status and future perspectives

MM Rahman, MR Islam, MT Islam, M Harun-Or-Rashid… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review highlights the scope of available treatment options for
neurological diseases, especially stem cell transplantation therapy, which provides new …

PDX1 is the cornerstone of pancreatic β-cell functions and identity

N Ebrahim, K Shakirova… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Diabetes has been a worldwide healthcare problem for many years. Current methods of
treating diabetes are still largely directed at symptoms, aiming to control the manifestations …

Stem cell therapy for diabetes: beta cells versus pancreatic progenitors

B Memon, EM Abdelalim - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent metabolic disorders. In order to replace
the function of the destroyed pancreatic beta cells in diabetes, islet transplantation is the …

Enhanced differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into pancreatic progenitors co-expressing PDX1 and NKX6. 1

B Memon, M Karam, S Al-Khawaga… - Stem cell research & …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Pancreatic progenitors (PPs) co-expressing the two transcription
factors (TFs) PDX1 and NKX6. 1 are recognized as the indispensable precursors of …

Modeling different types of diabetes using human pluripotent stem cells

EM Abdelalim - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia as a
result of progressive loss of pancreatic β cells, which could lead to several debilitating …

Aberrant development of pancreatic beta cells derived from human iPSCs with FOXA2 deficiency

AK Elsayed, I Younis, G Ali, K Hussain… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
FOXA2 has been identified as an essential factor for pancreas development and emerging
evidence supports an association between FOXA2 and diabetes. Although the role of …

Pancreatic β-cell heterogeneity in adult human islets and stem cell-derived islets

N Aldous, ASM Moin, EM Abdelalim - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Recent studies reported that pancreatic β-cells are heterogeneous in terms of their
transcriptional profiles and their abilities for insulin secretion. Sub-populations of pancreatic …