Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Insights into beta cell regeneration for diabetes via integration of molecular landscapes in human insulinomas

  • Huan Wang,
  • Aaron Bender,
  • Peng Wang,
  • Esra Karakose,
  • William B. Inabnet,
  • Steven K. Libutti,
  • Andrew Arnold,
  • Luca Lambertini,
  • Micheal Stang,
  • Herbert Chen,
  • Yumi Kasai,
  • Milind Mahajan,
  • Yayoi Kinoshita,
  • Gustavo Fernandez-Ranvier,
  • Thomas C. Becker,
  • Karen K. Takane,
  • Laura A. Walker,
  • Shira Saul,
  • Rong Chen,
  • Donald K. Scott,
  • Jorge Ferrer,
  • Yevgeniy Antipin,
  • Michael Donovan,
  • Andrew V. Uzilov,
  • Boris Reva,
  • Eric E. Schadt,
  • Bojan Losic,
  • Carmen Argmann,
  • Andrew F. Stewart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00992-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Diabetes results in part from a deficiency of functional pancreatic beta cells. Here, the authors study the genomic and epigenetic landscapes of human insulinomas to gain insight into possible pathways for therapeutic beta cell regeneration, highlighting epigenetic genes and pathways.