Towards a better understanding of diabetes mellitus using organoid models

BS Beydag-Tasöz, S Yennek… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Our understanding of diabetes mellitus has benefited from a combination of clinical
investigations and work in model organisms and cell lines. Organoid models for a wide …

[HTML][HTML] Polysaccharides from edible fungi Pleurotus spp.: advances and perspectives

Z Yin, D Sun-Waterhouse, J Wang, C Ma… - Journal of Future …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pleurotus spp. was one of the most precious and common edible fungi, polysaccharides
were the main active component. The structural, biological activities and structure-activity …

Glucokinase (GCK) in diabetes: from molecular mechanisms to disease pathogenesis

Y Abu Aqel, A Alnesf, II Aigha, Z Islam… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Glucokinase (GCK), a key enzyme in glucose metabolism, plays a central role in glucose
sensing and insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells, as well as glycogen synthesis in the liver …

Recent progress in modeling and treating diabetes using stem cell-derived islets

MM Maestas, MH Bui, JR Millman - Stem Cells Translational …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Stem cell-derived islets (SC-islets) offer the potential to be an unlimited source of cells for
disease modeling and the treatment of diabetes. SC-islets can be genetically modified …

ACE2 function in the pancreatic islet: implications for relationship between SARS‐CoV‐2 and diabetes

B Memon, EM Abdelalim - Acta Physiologica, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular link between SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and susceptibility is not well understood.
Nonetheless, a bi‐directional relationship between SARS‐CoV‐2 and diabetes has been …

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 …

Molecular profiling of NOD mouse islets reveals a novel regulator of insulitis onset

AF Mathisen, AM Vacaru, L Unger, EM Lamba… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Non-obese diabetes (NOD) mice are an established, spontaneous model of type 1 diabetes
in which diabetes develops through insulitis. Using next-generation sequencing, coupled …

Modelling mitochondrial disease in human pluripotent stem cells: what have we learned?

CL McKnight, YC Low, DA Elliott, DR Thorburn… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondrial diseases disrupt cellular energy production and are among the most complex
group of inherited genetic disorders. Affecting approximately 1 in 5000 live births, they are …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic screening of herbal remedies for the management of diabetes

M Balbaa, M El-Zeftawy, SA Abdulmalek - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study of diabetes mellitus (DM) patterns illustrates increasingly important facts. Most
importantly, they include oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular death. Up to now, there …