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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2013

Islet inflammation: a unifying target for diabetes treatment?

Yumi Imai, Anca D Dobrian, Margaret A Morris, Jerry L Nadler

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Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yumi ImaiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA. imaiy@evms.edu
Anca D Dobrian
Margaret A Morris
Jerry L Nadler
Eastern Virginia Medical School · US

Funding

Role of Lipid Droplet Proteins in Islet Function in Diabetes and ObesityR01DK090490 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI IMAI, YUMI · 2011 to 2025
$5.0M
Role of the Interleukin12/STAT4 Pathway in Insulin Resistance and AtherosclerosisR01HL112605 · NHLBI · EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, JERRY L. · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL112605NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL112605NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090490NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK090490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past decade, islet inflammation has emerged as a contributor to the loss of functional β cell mass in both type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Evidence supports the idea that overnutrition and insulin resistance result in the production of proinflammatory mediators by β cells. In addition to compromising β cell function and survival, cytokines may recruit macrophages into islets, thus augmenting inflammation. Limited but intriguing data imply a role of adaptive immune response in islet dysfunction in T2D. Clinical trials have validated anti-inflammatory therapies in T2D, whereas immune therapy for T1D remains challenging. Further research is required to improve our understanding of islet inflammatory pathways and to identify more effective therapeutic targets for T1D and T2D.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Endoplasmic Reticulum StressHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInflammation MediatorsInsulin ResistanceIslet Amyloid PolypeptideIslets of LangerhansMacrophagesMolecular Targeted TherapyAnti-Inflammatory AgentsHypoglycemic AgentsInflammation MediatorsIslet Amyloid Polypeptide

Identifiers

PMID23484621
PMCPMC3686848
OpenAlexW2025202152

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