Generation of insulin-producing pancreatic β cells from multiple human stem cell lines

NJ Hogrebe, KG Maxwell, P Augsornworawat… - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
We detail a six-stage planar differentiation methodology for generating human pluripotent
stem cell–derived pancreatic β cells (SC-β cells) that secrete high amounts of insulin in …

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 …

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 …

Acquisition of dynamic function in human stem cell-derived β cells

L Velazco-Cruz, J Song, KG Maxwell… - Stem cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Recent advances in human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) differentiation protocols have
generated insulin-producing cells resembling pancreatic β cells. While these stem cell …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals β cell maturation in stem cell-derived islets after transplantation

P Augsornworawat, KG Maxwell, L Velazco-Cruz… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Human pluripotent stem cells differentiated to insulin-secreting β cells (SC-β cells) in islet
organoids could provide an unlimited cell source for diabetes cell replacement therapy …

[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 …

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 …

Towards a functional cure for diabetes using stem cell-derived beta cells: are we there yet?

S Bourgeois, T Sawatani, A Van Mulders, N De Leu… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus is a pandemic metabolic disorder that results from either the autoimmune
destruction or the dysfunction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. A promising cure is …

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 …

Differential function and maturation of human stem cell-derived islets after transplantation

KG Maxwell, MH Kim, SE Gale… - Stem cells translational …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Insulin-producing stem cell-derived islets (SC-islets) provide a virtually unlimited cell source
for diabetes cell replacement therapy. While SC-islets are less functional when first …