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Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1a3 defines a subset of failing pancreatic β cells in diabetic mice.
Nature communications - 30 Aug 2016
Kim-Muller Ja Young, Fan Jason, Kim Young Jung R, Lee Seung-Ah, Ishida Emi, Blaner William S, Accili Domenico
Abstract excerpt
Insulin-producing β cells become dedifferentiated during diabetes progression. An impaired ability to select substrates for oxidative phosphorylation, or metabolic inflexibility, initiates progression from β-cell dysfunction to β-cell dedifferentiation. The identification of pathways involved in dedifferentiation may provide clues to its reversal. Here we isolate and functionally characterize failing β cells from...
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