Developments in stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for treating type 1 diabetes

NJ Hogrebe, M Ishahak, JR Millman - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The generation of islet-like endocrine clusters from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs)
has the potential to provide an unlimited source of insulin-producing β cells for the treatment …

Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine

Y Wang, Z Li, F Mo, TJ Chen-Mayfield, A Saini… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cell-based therapy holds great potential to address unmet medical needs and revolutionize
the healthcare industry, as demonstrated by several therapeutics such as CAR-T cell …

Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification

P Augsornworawat, NJ Hogrebe, M Ishahak… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Insulin-producing β cells created from human pluripotent stem cells have potential as a
therapy for insulin-dependent diabetes, but human pluripotent stem cell-derived islets (SC …

[HTML][HTML] Solid implantable devices for sustained drug delivery

E Magill, S Demartis, E Gavini, AD Permana… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) are an attractive alternative to conventional drug
administration routes. Oral and injectable drug administration are the most common routes …

Medical applications of porous biomaterials: features of porosity and tissue‐specific implications for biocompatibility

JL Hernandez, KA Woodrow - Advanced healthcare materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Porosity is an important material feature commonly employed in implants and tissue
scaffolds. The presence of material voids permits the infiltration of cells, mechanical …

Identification of unique cell type responses in pancreatic islets to stress

MM Maestas, M Ishahak, P Augsornworawat… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Diabetes involves the death or dysfunction of pancreatic β-cells. Analysis of bulk sequencing
from human samples and studies using in vitro and in vivo models suggest that endoplasmic …

Advances in pancreatic islet transplantation sites for the treatment of diabetes

F Cayabyab, LR Nih, E Yoshihara - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Diabetes is a complex disease that affects over 400 million people worldwide. The life-long
insulin injections and continuous blood glucose monitoring required in type 1 diabetes …

Screening hydrogels for antifibrotic properties by implanting cellularly barcoded alginates in mice and a non-human primate

S Mukherjee, B Kim, LY Cheng, MD Doerfert… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Screening implantable biomaterials for antifibrotic properties is constrained by the need for
in vivo testing. Here we show that the throughput of in vivo screening can be increased by …

Directed self-assembly of a xenogeneic vascularized endocrine pancreas for type 1 diabetes

A Citro, A Neroni, C Pignatelli, F Campo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Intrahepatic islet transplantation is the standard cell therapy for β cell replacement. However,
the shortage of organ donors and an unsatisfactory engraftment limit its application to a …

Partners in crime: beta-cells and autoimmune responses complicit in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis

E Toren, KLS Burnette, RR Banerjee… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive T cell-
mediated destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells. Loss of beta-cells leads to …