Type 1 diabetes mellitus as a disease of the β-cell (do not blame the immune system?)

BO Roep, S Thomaidou, R van Tienhoven… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is believed to result from destruction of the insulin-producing β-cells
in pancreatic islets that is mediated by autoimmune mechanisms. The classic view is that …

Pancreatic β-cells in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: different pathways to failure

DL Eizirik, L Pasquali, M Cnop - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2020 - nature.com
Loss of functional β-cell mass is the key mechanism leading to the two main forms of
diabetes mellitus—type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) …

Redox regulation of m6A methyltransferase METTL3 in β-cells controls the innate immune response in type 1 diabetes

DF De Jesus, Z Zhang, NK Brown, X Li, L Xiao, J Hu… - Nature cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by the destruction of pancreatic β-cells.
Several observations have renewed the interest in β-cell RNA sensors and editors. Here, we …

SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Type 2 (ACE2) Is Expressed in Human Pancreatic β-Cells and in the Human Pancreas Microvasculature

D Fignani, G Licata, N Brusco, L Nigi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Increasing evidence demonstrated that the expression of Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme
type 2 (ACE2) is a necessary step for SARS-CoV-2 infection permissiveness. In light of the …

Type 1 diabetes

T Quattrin, LD Mastrandrea, LSK Walker - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease caused by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β
cells. Individuals with type 1 diabetes are reliant on insulin for survival. Despite enhanced …

Fine-mapping, trans-ancestral and genomic analyses identify causal variants, cells, genes and drug targets for type 1 diabetes

CC Robertson, JRJ Inshaw, S Onengut-Gumuscu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We report the largest and most diverse genetic study of type 1 diabetes (T1D) to date
(61,427 participants), yielding 78 genome-wide-significant (P< 5× 10− 8) regions, including …

Presumption of innocence for beta cells: why are they vulnerable autoimmune targets in type 1 diabetes?

R Mallone, DL Eizirik - Diabetologia, 2020 - Springer
It is increasingly appreciated that the pathogenic mechanisms of type 1 diabetes involve
both the autoimmune aggressors and their beta cell targets, which engage in a conflicting …

An integrated multi-omics approach identifies the landscape of interferon-α-mediated responses of human pancreatic beta cells

ML Colli, M Ramos-Rodríguez, ES Nakayasu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Interferon-α (IFNα), a type I interferon, is expressed in the islets of type 1 diabetic
individuals, and its expression and signaling are regulated by T1D genetic risk variants and …

Pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes: established facts and new insights

A Zajec, K Trebušak Podkrajšek, T Tesovnik, R Šket… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the T-cell-mediated
destruction of insulin-producing β-cells in pancreatic islets. It generally occurs in genetically …

Disease-modifying therapies and features linked to treatment response in type 1 diabetes prevention: a systematic review

JL Felton, KJ Griffin, RA Oram, C Speake… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Background Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from immune-mediated destruction of
insulin-producing beta cells. Prevention efforts have focused on immune modulation and …