Nature Communications (May 2020)

An integrated multi-omics approach identifies the landscape of interferon-α-mediated responses of human pancreatic beta cells

  • Maikel L. Colli,
  • Mireia Ramos-Rodríguez,
  • Ernesto S. Nakayasu,
  • Maria I. Alvelos,
  • Miguel Lopes,
  • Jessica L. E. Hill,
  • Jean-Valery Turatsinze,
  • Alexandra Coomans de Brachène,
  • Mark A. Russell,
  • Helena Raurell-Vila,
  • Angela Castela,
  • Jonàs Juan-Mateu,
  • Bobbie-Jo M. Webb-Robertson,
  • Lars Krogvold,
  • Knut Dahl-Jorgensen,
  • Lorella Marselli,
  • Piero Marchetti,
  • Sarah J. Richardson,
  • Noel G. Morgan,
  • Thomas O. Metz,
  • Lorenzo Pasquali,
  • Décio L. Eizirik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16327-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The cytokine IFNα is expressed in the islets of individuals with type 1 diabetes and contributes to local inflammation and destruction of beta cells. Here, the authors provide a global multiomics view of IFNα-induced changes in human beta cells at the level of chromatin, mRNA and protein expression.