Use of human islets to understand islet biology and diabetes: progress, challenges and suggestions

NJ Hart, AC Powers - Diabetologia, 2019 - Springer
Over the last two decades, improved access to human islets and the development of human
islet distribution networks have enabled the use of millions of human islets in hundreds of …

[PDF][PDF] α cell function and gene expression are compromised in type 1 diabetes

M Brissova, R Haliyur, D Saunders, S Shrestha, C Dai… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Many patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have residual β cells producing small amounts of
C-peptide long after disease onset but develop an inadequate glucagon response to …

A genomic data archive from the Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes

DJ Perry, MR Shapiro, SW Chamberlain, I Kusmartseva… - Scientific data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes (nPOD) is the largest
biorepository of human pancreata and associated immune organs from donors with type 1 …

Relative pancreas volume is reduced in first-degree relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes

ML Campbell-Thompson, SL Filipp, JR Grajo… - Diabetes …, 2019 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Pancreas size is reduced in patients at type 1 diabetes onset and in
autoantibody (AAB)-positive donors without diabetes. We sought to determine whether …

Human islets expressing HNF1A variant have defective β cell transcriptional regulatory networks

R Haliyur, X Tong, M Sanyoura… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Using an integrated approach to characterize the pancreatic tissue and isolated islets from a
33-year-old with 17 years of type 1 diabetes (T1D), we found that donor islets contained β …

Continuous spectrum of glucose dysmetabolism due to the KCNJ11 gene mutation—Case reports and review of the literature

B He, X Li, Z Zhou - Journal of Diabetes, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The KCNJ11 gene encodes the Kir6. 2 subunit of the adenosine triphosphate‐sensitive
potassium (KATP) channel, which plays a key role in insulin secretion. Monogenic diseases …

[PDF][PDF] An HNF1α truncation associated with maturity-onset diabetes of the young impairs pancreatic progenitor differentiation by antagonizing HNF1β function

AM Cujba, ME Alvarez-Fallas, S Pedraza-Arevalo… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
The HNF1α p291fsinsC truncation is the most common mutation associated with maturity-
onset diabetes of the young 3 (MODY3). Although shown to impair HNF1α signaling, the …

Histological validation of a type 1 diabetes clinical diagnostic model for classification of diabetes

ALJ Carr, DJ Perry, AL Lynam, S Chamala… - Diabetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Misclassification of diabetes is common due to an overlap in the clinical features of
type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Combined diagnostic models incorporating clinical and …

Prevalence of maturity-onset diabetes of the young in phenotypic type 2 diabetes in young adults: a nationwide, multi-center, cross-sectional survey in China

Y Chen, J Zhao, X Li, Z Xie, G Huang, X Yan… - Chinese Medical …, 2023 - mednexus.org
Background: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is the most common monogenic
diabetes. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of MODY in phenotypic type 2 …

Islet amyloidosis in a child with type 1 diabetes

ML Beery, LM Jacobsen, MA Atkinson, AE Butler… - Islets, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Histopathology based studies of the pancreas obtained from organ donors are increasing
our awareness of islet phenotypic heterogeneity during development and aging, as well as …