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) …

Generation of pancreatic β cells for treatment of diabetes: advances and challenges

HM Shahjalal, A Abdal Dayem, KM Lim, T Jeon… - Stem cell research & …, 2018 - Springer
Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) are
considered attractive sources of pancreatic β cells and islet organoids. Recently, several …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Deleterious effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human pancreatic cells

SH Shaharuddin, V Wang, RS Santos… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 154 million people worldwide and caused
more than 3.2 million deaths. It is transmitted by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome …

Islet organoid as a promising model for diabetes

X Zhang, Z Ma, E Song, T Xu - Protein & cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Studies on diabetes have long been hampered by a lack of authentic disease models that,
ideally, should be unlimited and able to recapitulate the abnormalities involved in the …

Deletion of RFX6 impairs iPSC-derived islet organoid development and survival, with no impact on PDX1+/NKX6.1+ progenitors

N Aldous, AK Elsayed, B Memon, S Ijaz, S Hayat… - Diabetologia, 2024 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Homozygous mutations in RFX6 lead to neonatal diabetes accompanied
by a hypoplastic pancreas, whereas heterozygous mutations cause MODY. Recent studies …

Deciphering role of FGFR signalling pathway in pancreatic cancer

X Kang, Z Lin, M Xu, J Pan, Z Wang - Cell proliferation, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, fibroblast growth factors are identified to play a vital role in the development and
progression of human pancreatic cancer. FGF pathway is critical involved in numerous …

Keratinocytes derived from patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells recapitulate the genetic signature of psoriasis disease

G Ali, AK Elsayed, M Nandakumar… - Stem cells and …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Psoriasis is characterized by hyperproliferation and defective differentiation of keratinocytes
(KCs). Patients with psoriasis are at a high risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular …