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β-Cell Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Underlying Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Strategies.

Radwan Darwish, Yasmine Alcibahy, Ghena Abu-Sharia, Alexandra E Butler

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Radwan DarwishSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Busaiteen P.O. Box 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0009-0009-3419-4118
Yasmine AlcibahySchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Busaiteen P.O. Box 15503, Bahrain.
Ghena Abu-ShariaCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Alexandra E ButlerResearch Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Busaiteen P.O. Box 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0000-0002-5762-3917

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria are essential for β-cell function, coupling glucose metabolism to ATP production and insulin secretion. In diabetes, β-cell mitochondrial dysfunction arises from oxidative stress, impaired quality control and disrupted dynamics, leading to reduced oxidative phosphorylation, defective insulin release and progressive cell loss. Key transcriptional regulators link genetic susceptibility to mitochondrial dysfunction in both type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). These disruptions impair mitophagy, mitochondrial translation and redox homeostasis. Therapeutic strategies that restore mitochondrial function, including mitophagy enhancers, mitochondrial antioxidants, and transcriptional regulators, have shown potential in preserving β-cell integrity. As mitochondrial failure precedes β-cell loss, targeting mitochondrial pathways may represent a critical approach to modifying diabetes progression.

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Insulin-Secreting CellsMitochondriaAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansMitophagyOxidative Stressdiabetesmitochondriamitochondrial dysfunctionmitophagyβ-cell

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PMID41369350
PMCPMC12691418

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