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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Pathological β-Cell Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Type 2 Diabetes: Current Evidence.

Neha Shrestha, Elisa De Franco, Peter Arvan, Miriam Cnop

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 104 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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Neha ShresthaDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Elisa De FrancoInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Peter ArvanDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Miriam CnopULB Center for Diabetes Research, Medical Faculty, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversity of Exeter · GB

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Proinsulin Trafficking for Insulin BiosynthesisR01DK048280 · NIDDK · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI ARVAN, PETER · 1994 to 2024
$10.5M
Secretory Pathway Protein Degradation Maintains Insulin Biogenesis + SecretionR01DK111174 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ARVAN, PETER, QI, LING · 2016 to 2024
$5.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK048280NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The notion that in diabetes pancreatic β-cells express endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers indicative of increased unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling is no longer in doubt. However, what remains controversial is whether this increase in ER stress response actually contributes importantly to the β-cell failure of type 2 diabetes (akin to 'terminal UPR'), or whether it represents a coping mechanism that represents the best attempt of β-cells to adapt to changes in metabolic demands as presented by disease progression. Here an intercontinental group of experts review evidence for the role of ER stress in monogenic and type 2 diabetes in an attempt to reconcile these disparate views. Current evidence implies that pancreatic β-cells require a regulated UPR for their development, function and survival, as well as to maintain cellular homeostasis in response to protein misfolding stress. Prolonged ER stress signaling, however, can be detrimental to β-cells, highlighting the importance of "optimal" UPR for ER homeostasis, β-cell function and survival.

Indexed as

Endoplasmic Reticulum StressGene Expression RegulationAnimalsCell SurvivalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Endoplasmic ReticulumEndoribonucleasesGenome-Wide Association StudyHomeostasisHumansInsulin-Secreting CellsMicePhenotypeProtein DenaturationProtein FoldingProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesEndoribonucleasesERN1 protein, humanProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA, MessengerATF6 (activating transcription factor 6)endoplasmic reticuluminsulinIRE1 (inositol-requiring enzyme 1)PERK (PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase)stressunfolded protein response

Identifiers

PMID33967960
PMCPMC8101261
OpenAlexW3158921277

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