A recent study identified that a special group of pancreatic beta cells are crucial for triggering the blood sugar response. We know that beta cells of the pancreas play an important role in ...

If a doctor identifies it early, they might discuss experimental therapies like intrauterine blood transfusions followed by stem cell transplantation. Both alpha- and beta-thalassemia minor are ...

It’s not clear if or when there will be a safe, effective way to induce the regeneration of beta cells. In the pancreas, alpha cells store and release glucagon whereas beta cells produce and ...

This protein can be expressed in two forms: ChREBP-alpha and ChREBP-beta. In the presence of high blood glucose, beta cells rely on ChREBP-beta to regenerate. But, in cases of type 2 diabetes ...

These islets also contain other hormone-producing cells—or endocrine cells—that are closely related to beta cells. One of these cell types is alpha cells, which produce glucagon, a hormone ...

Beta cells play a key role in the pathogenesis of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. However, pancreatic islets also have alpha cells that produce the hormone glucagon, which acts to raise glucose blood ...

Mor than 800 million people worldwide are living with diabetes, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, with numbers steadily increasing. Diabetic patients experience abnormally ...

image: Immunofluorescence images of alpha cells highlighting induction of insulin protein upon loss of SMNDC1 view more Credit: Tamara Casteels, published in Cell Report 2022. Beta cells in the ...