No evidence for mouse pancreatic β-cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition in vitro

F Atouf, CH Park, K Pechhold, M Ta, Y Choi… - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc
We used cre/loxP-based genetic lineage tracing analysis to test a previously proposed
hypothesis that in vitro cultured adult pancreatic β-cells undergo epithelial-mesenchymal …

The endocrine role between β cells and intra-islet endothelial cells

Z Cao, X Wang - Endocrine Journal, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The islets of Langerhans is the endocrine function region of pancreas, which exist in five cell
types. The majority of endocrine cells are insulin-secreting β cells, mixed up with glucagon …

Glucose and inflammation control islet vascular density and β-cell function in NOD mice: control of islet vasculature and vascular endothelial growth factor by glucose

EM Akirav, MT Baquero, LW Opare-Addo, M Akirav… - Diabetes, 2011 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE β-Cell and islet endothelial cell destruction occurs during the progression of
type 1 diabetes, but, paradoxically, β-cell proliferation is increased during this period …

Isolated pancreatic islets in three-dimensional matrices are responsive to stimulators and inhibitors of angiogenesis

A Kidszun, D Schneider, D Erb, G Hertl… - Cell …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The formation of a new microvasculature is essential for the long-term survival and function
of the islet graft. In this study we examined endothelium of isolated pancreatic islets by …

Angiogenic capacity of endothelial cells in islets of Langerhans

T Linn, K Schneider, HP Hammes… - The FASEB …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Transplantation of pancreatic islets reconstitutes glucose homeostasis in diabetes mellitus.
Before transplantation, islets are disrupted from the surrounding blood vessels by the …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-engineering of pre-vascularized islet organoids for the treatment of type 1 diabetes

CH Wassmer, F Lebreton, K Bellofatto… - Transplant …, 2022 - frontierspartnerships.org
Lack of rapid revascularization and inflammatory attacks at the site of transplantation
contribute to impaired islet engraftment and suboptimal metabolic control after clinical islet …

[HTML][HTML] β-Cell specific transcription factors in the context of diabetes mellitus and β-cell regeneration

S Balakrishnan, S Dhavamani… - Mechanisms of …, 2020 - Elsevier
All pancreatic cell populations arise from the standard gut endoderm layer in developing
embryos, requiring a regulatory gene network to originate and maintain endocrine lineages …

[HTML][HTML] An insulin signaling feedback loop regulates pancreas progenitor cell differentiation during islet development and regeneration

L Ye, MA Robertson, TL Mastracci, RM Anderson - Developmental Biology, 2016 - Elsevier
As one of the key nutrient sensors, insulin signaling plays an important role in integrating
environmental energy cues with organism growth. In adult organisms, relative insufficiency …

[PDF][PDF] Local integrin activation in pancreatic β cells targets insulin secretion to the vasculature

WJ Gan, OH Do, L Cottle, W Ma, E Kosobrodova… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) critically affects β cell functions via integrin activation. But
whether these ECM actions drive the spatial organization of β cells, as they do in epithelial …

Increased islet cell proliferation, decreased apoptosis, and greater vascularization leading to β-cell hyperplasia in mutant mice lacking insulin

B Duvillie, C Currie, T Chrones, D Bucchini… - …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The targeted disruption of the two nonallelic insulin genes in mouse was reported previously
to result in intrauterine growth retardation, severe diabetes immediately after suckling, and …