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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2025

Hormone-switching islet cells: parallels to transmitter-switching neurons.

Yuval Dor, Nicholas C Spitzer

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Yuval DorDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Nicholas C SpitzerNeurobiology Department, School of Biological Sciences and Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although originating from different germ layers, pancreatic islet cells and neurons share extensive similarities, both physiological (e.g., voltage-dependent release of a bioactive molecule) and molecular (e.g., highly similar composition of transcription factors and structural genes). Here we propose that two seemingly unrelated phenomena recognized in these cell types-neurotransmitter switching in neurons and the expression of two or more hormones in individual islet cells-share a deep resemblance, potentially reflecting an ancient molecular circuit of cell plasticity. Comparing and contrasting dynamic hormone expression in islet cells and transmitter switching in neurons may provide insights into the functions and underlying mechanisms of these phenomena.

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hormone-positiveisletsneurotransmitter switchingpancreasplasticity

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PMID40356600
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