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ReviewScience translational medicine2026

Beyond bystanders: How β cell stress shapes the autoimmune response in T1D.

Feyza Engin, Decio L Eizirik

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Review in Science translational medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Deletion of the T1D risk geneBiochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Feyza EnginDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7987-5381
Decio L EizirikULB Center for Diabetes Research, Medical Faculty, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2453-5889

Funding

The Integrated Stress Response in Human Islets During Early T1DU01DK127786 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI EVANS-MOLINA, CARMELLA, MIRMIRA, RAGHAVENDRA G · 2020 to 2025
$7.1M
Implications of Changes in Islet Exosomal Cargo in Type 1 DiabetesR01DK133881 · NIDDK · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI EVANS-MOLINA, CARMELLA, MIRMIRA, RAGHAVENDRA G · 2022 to 2025
$2.7M
The role of beta cell ATF6 in type 1 diabetesR01DK130919 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Feyza Engin · 2021 to 2026
$2.7M
Defining heterogeneity of stress-induced beta cell senescence programs in type 1 diabetesU01DK143458 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Sangeeta Dhawan, Feyza Engin · 2026 to 2026
$758k
Beta cell endoplasmic reticulum stress and its crosstalk with immune system in tyK01DK102488 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ENGIN, FEYZA · 2014 to 2016
$356k
Metabolic basis of beta cell stress adaptationR56DK128136 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ENGIN, FEYZA · 2021 to 2021
$194k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For many years, research focused on the immune system's role in the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, mounting evidence suggests a critical involvement of intrinsic pancreatic β cell defects, particularly impaired cellular stress responses, in disease pathology. This shift in understanding is supported by the limited effectiveness of immune-targeting therapies, which have so far managed to delay, rather than prevent or cure, T1D. Here, we discuss why the immune system specifically targets β cells, how stress pathways modify the interaction between β cells and immune cells, β cell resilience, and challenges and opportunities in targeting β cell stress in T1D.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Insulin-Secreting CellsStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsHumans

Identifiers

PMID41880519
PMCPMC13671067

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