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Endoplasmic reticulum stress and eIF2α phosphorylation: The Achilles heel of pancreatic β cells

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Pancreatic β cells are sensitive to excessive endoplasmic reticulum stress and dysregulated eIF2α phosphorylation, as indicated by transcriptome data, monogenic forms of diabetes and pharmacological studies, and should be taken into consideration when devising new therapeutic approaches for diabetes.
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Background Pancreatic β cell dysfunction and death are central in the pathogenesis of most if not all forms of diabetes. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying β cell failure is important to develop β cell protective approaches.

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eIF5 has GDI activity necessary for translational control by eIF2 phosphorylation

TL;DR: EIF5 stabilizes the binding of GDP to eIF2 and is therefore a bi-functional protein that acts as a GDP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) and a new step in the translation initiation pathway, one that is critical for normal translational controls.
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A programmable synthetic lineage-control network that differentiates human IPSCs into glucose-sensitive insulin-secreting beta-like cells

TL;DR: This designer network consisting of different network topologies orchestrating the timely control of transgenic and genomic Ngn3, Pdx1 and MafA variants is able to programme human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSCs)-derived pancreatic progenitor cells into glucose-sensitive insulin-secreting beta-like cells, whose glucose-stimulated insulin-release dynamics are comparable to human pancreatic islets.
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Mapping of murine diabetogenic gene mody on chromosome 7 at D7Mit258 and its involvement in pancreatic islet and beta cell development during the perinatal period.

TL;DR: Results suggest that Mody is involved in both islet growth and beta cell function, and specifically in the number of insulin secretory granules and a lower density of beta cells.
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Sulfonylureas Correct Trafficking Defects of ATP-sensitive Potassium Channels Caused by Mutations in the Sulfonylurea Receptor

TL;DR: It is reported here that sulfonylureas also function as chemical chaperones to rescue KATP channel trafficking defects caused by two SUR1 mutations, A116P and V187D, identified in patients with congenital hyperinsulinism.
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Elevations in the Fasting Serum Proinsulin–to–C-Peptide Ratio Precede the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes

TL;DR: The data suggest that β-cell ER dysfunction precedes type 1 diabetes onset, especially in younger children, and Elevations in the serum PI:C ratio may have utility in predicting the onset of type 1 Diabetes in the presymptomatic phase.
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