ReviewJournal of biosciences2022
Do oscillations in pancreatic islets require pacemaker cells?
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- Spatially bound functional heterogeneity drives modular organization in β-cell networks.Biophysical journal · 2025Article
- Glucokinase activity controls peripherally located subpopulations of β-cells that lead islet CaeLife · 2025Article
- Glucokinase activity controls peripherally-located subpopulations of β-cells that lead islet CabioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Exploring pancreatic beta-cell subgroups and their connectivity.Nature metabolism · 2024Review
- Optogenetic β cell interrogation in vivo reveals a functional hierarchy directing the CaScience advances · 2024Article
- Network representation of multicellular activity in pancreatic islets: Technical considerations for functional connectivity analysis.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Synchronizing beta cells in the pancreas.eLife · 2024Article
- Conversion of spikers to bursters in pituitary cell networks: Is it better to disperse for maximum exposure or circle the wagons?PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- A primer on modelling pancreatic islets: from models of coupled β-cells to multicellular islet models.Islets · 2023Review
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- Deconstructing the integrated oscillator model for pancreatic β-cells.Mathematical biosciences · 2023Article
- Geometric and topological characterization of the cytoarchitecture of islets of Langerhans.PLoS computational biology · 2023Article
- Functional characteristics of hub and wave-initiator cells in β cell networks.Biophysical journal · 2023Article
- From Isles of Königsberg to Islets of Langerhans: Examining the Function of the Endocrine Pancreas Through Network Science.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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Abstract
The pancreatic islets of Langerhans are biomedically important because they are home to the beta cells that secrete insulin and are hence important for understanding diabetes. They are also an important case study for the mechanisms of bursting oscillations and how these oscillations emerge from the electrical coupling of highly heterogeneous cells. Early work has pointed to a voting/democratic paradigm, where the islet properties are a nonlinear average of the cell properties, with no 'conductor leading the orchestra'. Recent experimental work has uncovered new facets of this heterogeneity, and has identified small world networks dominated by a small subset of cells with a high degree of functional connectivity, assessed via correlations of calcium oscillations. It has also been suggested that these connectivity hubs act as pacemakers necessary for islet oscillations. We reviewed modeling studies that have confirmed the existence of small worldness, and we did not find evidence for obligatory pacemakers. We conclude that democracy rather than oligarchy remains the most likely organizing principle of the islets.
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