Maintenance of β-cell maturity and plasticity in the adult pancreas: developmental biology concepts in adult physiology

M Szabat, FC Lynn, BG Hoffman, TJ Kieffer… - Diabetes, 2012 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Diabetes occurs when the pancreas fails to pro-duce and secrete sufficient insulin for the
maintenance of glucose homeostasis. Although many factors required for β-cell …

Single-cell gene expression analysis of a human ESC model of pancreatic endocrine development reveals different paths to β-cell differentiation

MBK Petersen, A Azad, C Ingvorsen, K Hess… - Stem cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
The production of insulin-producing β cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in
vitro represents a promising strategy for a cell-based therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus. To …

Novel observations from next-generation RNA sequencing of highly purified human adult and fetal islet cell subsets

DM Blodgett, A Nowosielska, S Afik, S Pechhold… - Diabetes, 2015 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Understanding distinct gene expression patterns of normal adult and developing fetal
human pancreatic α-and β-cells is crucial for developing stem cell therapies, islet …

Single-cell lineage analysis reveals extensive multimodal transcriptional control during directed beta-cell differentiation

C Weng, J Xi, H Li, J Cui, A Gu, S Lai, K Leskov… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The in vitro differentiation of insulin-producing beta-like cells can model aspects of human
pancreatic development. Here, we generate 95,308 single-cell transcriptomes and …

Mouse Pancreatic Endocrine Cell Transcriptome Defined in the Embryonic Ngn3-Null Mouse

K Juhl, SA Sarkar, R Wong, J Jensen, JC Hutton - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—To document the transcriptome of the pancreatic islet during the early and late
development of the mouse pancreas and highlight the qualitative and quantitative features …

[HTML][HTML] Ductal Ngn3-expressing progenitors contribute to adult β cell neogenesis in the pancreas

C Gribben, C Lambert, HA Messal, EL Hubber… - Cell Stem Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Ductal cells have been proposed as a source of adult β cell neogenesis, but this has
remained controversial. By combining lineage tracing, 3D imaging, and single-cell RNA …

Generating mature β-cells from embryonic stem cells: strategies for late-stage differentiation

SC Tsaniras - Vitamins & Hormones, 2011 - Elsevier
Generation of mature pancreatic β-cells from embryonic stem (ES) cells in vitro could
provide a therapy for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Recent ES cell differentiation …

β‐cell development: the role of intercellular signals

R Scharfmann, B Duvillie, V Stetsyuk… - Diabetes, obesity …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding in detail how pancreatic endocrine cells develop is important for many
reasons. From a scientific point of view, elucidation of such a complex process is a major …

Genetic lineage tracing identifies adaptive mechanisms of pancreatic islet β cells in various mouse models of diabetes with distinct age of initiation

Q Fu, Y Qian, H Jiang, Y He, H Dai, Y Chen… - Science China Life …, 2024 - Springer
During the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), pancreatic
islets, especially the β cells, face significant challenges. These insulin-producing cells adopt …

Reciprocal modulation of adult beta cell maturity by activin A and follistatin

M Szabat, JD Johnson, JM Piret - Diabetologia, 2010 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis The functional maturity of pancreatic beta cells is impaired in diabetes
mellitus. We sought to define factors that can influence adult beta cell maturation status and …