Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Neratinib protects pancreatic beta cells in diabetes

  • Amin Ardestani,
  • Sijia Li,
  • Karthika Annamalai,
  • Blaz Lupse,
  • Shirin Geravandi,
  • Aleksandra Dobrowolski,
  • Shan Yu,
  • Siying Zhu,
  • Tyler D. Baguley,
  • Murali Surakattula,
  • Janina Oetjen,
  • Lena Hauberg-Lotte,
  • Raquel Herranz,
  • Sushil Awal,
  • Delsi Altenhofen,
  • Van Nguyen-Tran,
  • Sean Joseph,
  • Peter G. Schultz,
  • Arnab K. Chatterjee,
  • Nikki Rogers,
  • Matthew S. Tremblay,
  • Weijun Shen,
  • Kathrin Maedler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12880-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Type 1 as well as type 2 diabetes are characterized by a loss of insulin-producing β-cells. Here the authors show that the FDA-approved drug neratinib has beneficial effects on β-cell survival, insulin secretion, and glycemic control in mouse models of diabetes.