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ReviewCell metabolism2018

Pancreatic β Cell Regeneration as a Possible Therapy for Diabetes.

Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato, Susan Bonner-Weir

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Review in Cell metabolism, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
115citing papers in PubMed
17.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

115 citing papers in PubMed, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cristina Aguayo-MazzucatoJoslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Susan Bonner-WeirJoslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: susan.bonner-weir@joslin.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USJoslin Diabetes Center · US

Funding

SPECIAL ASSAY COREP30DK036836 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI ROHIT N. KULKARNI · 1986 to 2026
$50.5M
Transgenic CoreP30DK057521 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KAHN, BARBARA B. · 2000 to 2019
$31.4M
Physiological Factors Driving Maturation of Neonatal Beta CellsR01DK093909 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI BONNER-WEIR, SUSAN · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Aging of the beta cell and type 2 diabetesR01DK110390 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI BONNER-WEIR, SUSAN · 2017 to 2020
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK036836NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK057521NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK093909NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK110390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes is the result of having inadequate supply of functional insulin-producing β cells. Two possible approaches for replenishing the β cells are: (1) replacement by transplanting cadaveric islets or β cells derived from human embryonic stem cells/induced pluripotent stem cells and (2) induction of endogenous regeneration. This review focuses on endogenous regeneration, which can follow two pathways: enhanced replication of existing β cells and formation of new β cells from cells not expressing insulin, either by conversion from a differentiated cell type (transdifferentiation) or differentiation from progenitors (neogenesis). Exciting progress on both pathways suggest that regeneration may have therapeutic promise.

Indexed as

RegenerationAnimalsBiomarkersDiabetes MellitusHumansInsulin ResistanceInsulin-Secreting CellsModels, BiologicalBiomarkersdiabetesneogenesispancreatic beta cellsreplicationtransdifferentiation

Identifiers

PMID28889951
PMCPMC5762410
OpenAlexW2751155656

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Registered trials

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