[HTML][HTML] Type 1 diabetes and engineering enhanced islet transplantation

A Jeyagaran, C Lu, A Zbinden, AL Birkenfeld… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of new therapeutic approaches to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D)
relies on the precise understanding and deciphering of insulin-secreting β-cell biology, as …

The Microbiota and Evolution of Obesity

MJA Saad, A Santos - Endocrine Reviews, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Obesity is a major global concern and is generally attributed to a combination of genetic and
environmental factors. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the evolutionary …

Cellular landscapes of nondiseased human cardiac valves from end-stage heart failure–explanted heart

S Shu, M Fu, X Chen, N Zhang, R Zhao… - … and Vascular Biology, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Exploring the mechanisms of valvular heart disease at the cellular level may be
useful to identify new therapeutic targets; however, the comprehensive cellular landscape of …

Chemical mapping of the surface interactome of PIEZO1 identifies CADM1 as a modulator of channel inactivation

AK Koster, O Yarishkin, AE Dubin, JM Kefauver… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The propeller-shaped blades of the PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 ion channels partition into the
plasma membrane and respond to indentation or stretching of the lipid bilayer, thus …

[HTML][HTML] Corn silk extract alleviate type 1 diabetes via regulating gut microbiota and inflammation

B Yang, D Zhu, Y Chen, Y Xu, Y Yang, J Zeng… - Journal of Functional …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a metabolic disease commonly affecting adolescents and
causing various health complications. Corn silk (CS), a traditional Chinese medicine with …

Nectin family ligands trigger immune effector functions in health and autoimmunity

D Hermans, L van Beers, B Broux - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune-cell activation is triggered upon antigen or target recognition. This
is modulated by co-stimulatory or co-inhibitory signals provided by the cellular environment …

Temporal maturation of Sertoli cells during the establishment of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium

SL Havel, MD Griswold - Biology of Reproduction, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sertoli cells, omnipresent, somatic cells within the seminiferous tubules of the mammalian
testis are essential to male fertility. Sertoli cells maintain the integrity of the testicular …

[HTML][HTML] New discoveries in the field of metabolism by applying single-cell and spatial omics

B Xie, D Gao, B Zhou, S Chen, L Wang - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-cell multi-Omics (SCM-Omics) and spatial multi-Omics (SM-Omics) technologies
provide state-of-the-art methods for exploring the composition and function of cell types in …

Autoimmune CD8+ T cells in type 1 diabetes: from single-cell RNA sequencing to T-cell receptor redirection

K Yang, Y Zhang, J Ding, Z Li, H Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease caused by pancreatic β cell
destruction and mediated primarily by autoreactive CD8+ T cells. It has been shown that …

Dual role of neuroplastin in pancreatic β cells: Regulating insulin secretion and promoting islet inflammation

RA Kitamura, D Hummel, A Ustione, DW Piston… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) is an endoplasmic reticulum
(ER)-resident secretory protein that reduces inflammation and promotes proliferation in …