Research into the causes of type 1 diabetes often focuses on the autoimmune response, where the immune system destroys pancreatic islet beta cells that...
Beta cells (green) produce the hormone insulin. Credit: Masur / Wikimedia Commons Research into the causes of type 1 diabetes often focuses on the...
Lab-grown adipocyte with nuclei in blue, green being Cellmask staining the whole cell membrane, and in red the distinguishing features of adipocytes—lipid droplets—stained with...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how a molecule that they have identified stimulates the formation of new insulin-producing cells in zebrafish and...
Scientists find a new link between fructose and diabetes aggravated by dietary fat. Credit: Cell Metabolism Those who are habitually inclined to consume burgers,...
The pancreas is a key metabolic regulator. When pancreatic beta cells cease producing enough insulin, blood sugar levels rise dangerously — a phenomenon known...
Pedro Herrera’s team reports new discoveries in the knowledge of the mechanisms of pancreatic cell formation, as well as in the gene expression profile...
Detailed analysis focusing on non-endocrine cells and validation of identified markers for detecting non-endocrine subpopulations. (a) Newly classified cell populations by reference component analysis...
Schematic diagram of HT Cluster-cell SELEX. A random library of ~1014 random aptamers was negative and positive selected against islet-depleted exocrine cells and islets...
High blood glucose is responsible for several complications in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a...
