Engineering islets from stem cells for advanced therapies of diabetes

J Siehler, AK Blöchinger, M Meier… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder that affects more than 460 million people
worldwide. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by autoimmune destruction of β-cells, whereas …

Emerging routes to the generation of functional β-cells for diabetes mellitus cell therapy

GG Nair, ES Tzanakakis, M Hebrok - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2020 - nature.com
Diabetes mellitus, which affects more than 463 million people globally, is caused by the
autoimmune ablation or functional loss of insulin-producing β-cells, and prevalence is …

Implanted pluripotent stem-cell-derived pancreatic endoderm cells secrete glucose-responsive C-peptide in patients with type 1 diabetes

A Ramzy, DM Thompson, KA Ward-Hartstonge… - Cell stem cell, 2021 - cell.com
An open-label, first-in-human phase 1/2 study is being conducted to evaluate the safety and
efficacy of pancreatic endoderm cells (PECs) implanted in non-immunoprotective …

A century-long journey from the discovery of insulin to the implantation of stem cell–derived islets

A Ramzy, PJ Belmonte, MJS Braam, S Ida… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For the past century, insulin injections have saved millions of lives, but glycemic instability is
still a persistent challenge for people with diabetes, leading to tremendous morbidity and …

Navigating two roads to glucose normalization in diabetes: automated insulin delivery devices and cell therapy

E Latres, DA Finan, JL Greenstein, A Kowalski… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Incredible strides have been made since the discovery of insulin almost 100 years ago.
Insulin formulations have improved dramatically, glucose levels can be measured …

Encapsulation of stem-cell derived β-cells: A promising approach for the treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus

M Neumann, T Arnould, BL Su - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an auto-immune disease causing the T-cell mediated destruction
of insulin-producing β-cells, resulting in chronic hyperglycemia. Current treatments such as …

Role of the Transcription Factor MAFA in the Maintenance of Pancreatic β-Cells

W Nishimura, H Iwasa, M Tumurkhuu - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic β-cells are specialized to properly regulate blood glucose. Maintenance of the
mature β-cell phenotype is critical for glucose metabolism, and β-cell failure results in …

[HTML][HTML] T3 and glucose increase expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK1) leading to increased β-cell proliferation

LS Katz, C Argmann, L Lambertini, DK Scott - Molecular Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Thyroid hormone (T3) and high glucose concentrations are critical components of
β-cell maturation and function. In the present study, we asked whether T3 and glucose …

The roles of thyroid and thyroid hormone in pancreas: physiology and pathology

C Chen, Z Xie, Y Shen, SF Xia - International journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely accepted that thyroid hormones (THs), secreted from the thyroid, play important
roles in energy metabolism. It is also known that THs also alter the functioning of other …

Development and characteristics of pancreatic epsilon cells

N Sakata, G Yoshimatsu, S Kodama - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic endocrine cells expressing the ghrelin gene and producing the ghrelin hormone
were first identified in 2002. These cells, named ε cells, were recognized as the fifth type of …