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ReviewJournal of diabetes research2018

Pancreatic Beta Cell Death: Novel Potential Mechanisms in Diabetes Therapy.

Joselyn Rojas, Valmore Bermudez, Jim Palmar, María Sofía Martínez, Luis Carlos Olivar, Manuel Nava, Daniel Tomey, Milagros Rojas, Juan Salazar, Carlos Garicano and 1 more

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Review in Journal of diabetes research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
20.6field-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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. The role of regulated necrosis in diabetes and its complications.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2024
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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Joselyn RojasPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4994-075X
Valmore BermudezGrupo de Investigación Altos Estudios de Frontera (ALEF), Universidad Simón Bolívar, Cúcuta, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-1880-8887
Jim PalmarEndocrine and Metabolic Research Center, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
María Sofía MartínezEndocrine and Metabolic Research Center, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0002-3419-0960
Luis Carlos OlivarEndocrine and Metabolic Research Center, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0002-9325-6376
Manuel NavaEndocrine and Metabolic Research Center, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Daniel TomeyEndocrine and Metabolic Research Center, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Milagros RojasEndocrine and Metabolic Research Center, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0003-2764-8846
Juan SalazarEndocrine and Metabolic Research Center, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0003-4211-528X
Carlos GaricanoGrupo de Investigación Altos Estudios de Frontera (ALEF), Universidad Simón Bolívar, Cúcuta, Colombia.
Manuel VelascoClinical Pharmacology Unit. School of Medicine José María Vargas, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0001-5155-8731
Universidad del Zulia · VEBrigham and Women's Hospital · USUniversidad José María Vargas · VEUniversidad Simón Bolívar · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewDescribing the diverse molecular mechanisms (particularly immunological) involved in the death of the pancreatic beta cell in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. RECENT

findingsBeta cell death is the final event in a series of mechanisms that, up to date, have not been entirely clarified; it represents the pathophysiological mechanism in the natural history of diabetes mellitus. These mechanisms are not limited to an apoptotic process only, which is characteristic of the immune-mediated insulitis in type 1 diabetes mellitus. They also include the action of proinflammatory cytokines, the production of reactive oxygen species, DNA fragmentation (typical of necroptosis in type 1 diabetic patients), excessive production of islet amyloid polypeptide with the consequent endoplasmic reticulum stress, disruption in autophagy mechanisms, and protein complex formation, such as the inflammasome, capable of increasing oxidative stress produced by mitochondrial damage. SUMMARY: Necroptosis, autophagy, and pyroptosis are molecular mechanisms that modulate the survival of the pancreatic beta cell, demonstrating the importance of the immune system in glucolipotoxicity processes and the potential role for immunometabolism as another component of what once known as the "ominous octet."

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisAutophagyCell DeathDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansInsulin-Secreting CellsOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID29670917
PMCPMC5836465
OpenAlexW2790308759

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