Silencing the G-protein coupled receptor 3-salt inducible kinase 2 pathway promotes human β cell proliferation

Abstract

Caterina Iorio et al. use a high-throughput RNAi screen to identify the GPR3-SIK2-CDKN1B axis as key players involved in regulating pancreatic beta cell proliferation. These results suggest that GPR3 and SIK2 are both potential targets to stimulate regeneration of beta cells in diseases like type 1 diabetes.