Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42738894›Full record

ArticleCells2026

Physical and Biochemical Determinants of Endocrine Fate in 3D Suspension Culture Based Stem Cell-Derived β-Cell Differentiation.

Roberto Castro-Gutierrez, Ali H Shilleh, Jessie M Barra, Shane P M Williams, Balachandar Nedumaran, Taylor M Triolo, Matthias Hebrok, Holger A Russ

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cells, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Roberto Castro-GutierrezDiabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5873-6473
Ali H ShillehBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5092-5744
Jessie M BarraDiabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Shane P M WilliamsBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1742-6783
Balachandar NedumaranBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Taylor M TrioloBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4796-6542
Matthias HebrokCenter for Organoid Systems, University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI), Technical University Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Holger A RussDiabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5117-2927

Funding

Local immune modulation for beta cell replacement therapy in type 1 diabetesR01DK132387 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI PHELPS, EDWARD, RUSS, HOLGER A. · 2022 to 2025
$2.1M
American Diabetes Association 1-26-INI-0784Breakthrough T1D 2-SRA-2023-1313-S-BBreakthrough T1D 3-APF-2024-1492-A-NBreakthrough T1D 3-SRA-2023-1367-S-BNIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK132387University of Florida Thomas H. Maren Research Excellence Postdoctoral Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient and reproducible generation of functional stem cell-derived β cells (sBC) remains a major challenge for basic research and cell replacement therapy, partly due to incomplete understanding of endocrine induction during differentiation and challenges with clinical scale-up. Here, we dissect the individual contributions of commonly used endocrine differentiation factors on pancreatic progenitor maintenance, endocrine commitment, and hormone subset generation in a scalable 3D differentiation system. We demonstrated that starting pluripotent stem cell cluster size is a critical determinant for downstream sBC generation. We also verify that a commonly employed combination of endocrine induction molecules efficiently drives endocrine lineage commitment but yields limited β-cell generation. Detailed analysis of the effects of individual endocrine induction molecules revealed distinct effects: EGF or KGF preserved NKX6.1

Indexed as

Cell Culture Techniques, Three DimensionalCell DifferentiationInsulin-Secreting CellsAnimalsCell LineageHomeodomain ProteinsHumansInsulinPluripotent Stem CellsHomeodomain ProteinsInsulinNKX6-1 protein, humandiabetesdirect differentiationhuman pluripotent stem cellsinsulin-producingstem cell-derived beta cells

Identifiers

PMID42738894
PMCPMC13564706

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.