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 …

Towards a better understanding of diabetes mellitus using organoid models

BS Beydag-Tasöz, S Yennek… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Our understanding of diabetes mellitus has benefited from a combination of clinical
investigations and work in model organisms and cell lines. Organoid models for a wide …

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 …

Shaping synthetic multicellular and complex multimaterial tissues via embedded extrusion‐volumetric printing of microgels

D Ribezzi, M Gueye, S Florczak, F Dusi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In living tissues, cells express their functions following complex signals from their
surrounding microenvironment. Capturing both hierarchical architectures at the micro‐and …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering early human pancreas development at the single-cell level

Z Ma, X Zhang, W Zhong, H Yi, X Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding pancreas development can provide clues for better treatments of pancreatic
diseases. However, the molecular heterogeneity and developmental trajectory of the early …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding cell fate acquisition in stem-cell-derived pancreatic islets using single-cell multiome-inferred regulomes

H Zhu, G Wang, KV Nguyen-Ngoc, D Kim, M Miller… - Developmental cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic islet cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells hold great promise for
modeling and treating diabetes. Differences between stem-cell-derived and primary islets …

Non-coding variants disrupting a tissue-specific regulatory element in HK1 cause congenital hyperinsulinism

MN Wakeling, NDL Owens, JR Hopkinson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Gene expression is tightly regulated, with many genes exhibiting cell-specific silencing
when their protein product would disrupt normal cellular function. This silencing is largely …

Encapsulated stem cell–derived β cells exert glucose control in patients with type 1 diabetes

B Keymeulen, K De Groot… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Clinical studies on the treatment of type 1 diabetes with device-encapsulated pancreatic
precursor cells derived from human embryonic stem cells found that insulin output was …

[HTML][HTML] Proteomic predictors of individualized nutrient-specific insulin secretion in health and disease

J Kolic, WQG Sun, HH Cen, JD Ewald, JC Rogalski… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Population-level variation and mechanisms behind insulin secretion in response to
carbohydrate, protein, and fat remain uncharacterized. We defined prototypical insulin …