Zhuangsen Chen, Zhongyu Zhou, Lin Wang, Yanrong Zhang, Caiyan Huang, Cong Wang, Ying Huang, Shanshan Wang, Dewen Yan, Kun Feng
{"title":"Polyethylene glycol loxenatide modulates lipid metabolism and insulin resistance through lncRNA steroid receptor RNA activator/cellular nucleic acid binding protein/Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 axis in type 2 diabetes mellitus.","authors":"Zhuangsen Chen, Zhongyu Zhou, Lin Wang, Yanrong Zhang, Caiyan Huang, Cong Wang, Ying Huang, Shanshan Wang, Dewen Yan, Kun Feng","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Polyethylene glycol loxenatide (PEG-Loxe) is applied in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. Nevertheless, the effect and mechanism of PEG-Loxe on lipid metabolism disorder and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus are not fully understood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Type 2 diabetes mellitus rats developed by high-fat diet/streptozotocin injection were treated with PEG-Loxe (0.3 or 1 mg/kg). Insulin resistance was evaluated by fasting blood glucose (FBG), oral glucose tolerance test, fasting insulin, homeostasis model of assessment for insulin resistance and for insulin sensitivity. Immunohistochemistry, hematoxylin and eosin staining, and biochemistry measurements were performed to assess lipid metabolism. Inflammatory response and oxidative stress were assessed by inflammatory cytokines and reactive oxygen species. Genes' expressions were tested using RT-qPCR, western blot, and in situ hybridization. Relationships of molecules were validated by pull-down assay and RNA immunoprecipitation. mRNA stability was examined by actinomycin D assay.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>High-PEG-Loxe decreased FBG and ameliorated glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance. Low-PEG-Loxe partly while high-PEG-Loxe apparently relieved hepatocyte injury, reduced lipase I, triglyceride, total cholesterol and leptin, and increased adiponectin in type 2 diabetes mellitus rats. PEG-Loxe mitigated inflammatory response and oxidative stress. High-PEG-Loxe reduced RhoA and Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 (ROCK2) in liver tissues of type 2 diabetes mellitus rats, while both doses of PEG-Loxe decreased steroid receptor RNA activator (SRA). SRA overexpression reversed the protective functions of high-PEG-Loxe. SRA cooperated with cellular nucleic acid binding protein (CNBP) to enhance ROCK2 mRNA stability.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>High-PEG-Loxe relieves insulin resistance and lipid metabolism disorder in type 2 diabetes mellitus through SRA/CNBP/ROCK2 axis. This research provides a molecular mechanism of PEG-Loxe for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Placental expression of GLUT-1, GLUT-3, and GLUT-4 mRNA and transcriptome profiling in pregnant women with diabetes.","authors":"Rafal Sibiak, Pawel Gutaj, Urszula Mantaj, Lukasz Adamczak, Malgorzata Blatkiewicz, Marcin Rucinski, Ewa Wender-Ozegowska","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims/introduction: </strong>Placental glucose transport is regulated by glucose transporter proteins (GLUTs). The study aimed to examine placental expression of GLUT-1, GLUT-3, and GLUT-4 mRNA in patients with type 1 diabetes, early gestational diabetes (eGDM), and healthy controls, and to investigate correlations between GLUTs expression and clinical parameters. Additionally, we compared placental transcriptome profiles in recruited subgroups.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We recruited 59 pregnant women: 23 with type 1 diabetes, 17 with eGDM, and 19 controls. Patients with diabetes attended follow-up visits at each trimester. Transcriptome studies were performed in 4 patients per subgroup.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age was similar across all subgroups. eGDM patients had significantly higher BMI and were predominantly obese. We observed a significant 2-fold (P = 0.009) decrease in placental GLUT-3 mRNA expression in the type 1 diabetes and eGDM groups. GLUT-4 mRNA expression was significantly lower in the eGDM group compared to type 1 diabetes (3-fold) and controls (6-fold) (P = 0.007). There was a significant negative correlation between GLUT-3 (R = -0.29) and GLUT-4 (R = -0.27) mRNA expression and neonatal birth weight. GLUT-4 expression was negatively correlated with 1st trimester HbA1c (R = -0.72) and OGTT 120' (R = -0.82) results in eGDM patients, and 3rd trimester glycemic variability (R = -0.49) in type 1 diabetes. Microarray analysis revealed significant transcriptomic changes, with 45 down-regulated and 365 up-regulated genes in type 1 diabetes, and 21 significant changes in eGDM.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Placental samples from patients with diabetes exhibit changes in GLUTs expression, which correlates with neonatal growth and several glycemic parameters. Additionally, multiple changes in transcriptomic profiles are observed in hyperglycemic patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142798814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of universal screening for gestational diabetes mellitus between one-step and two-step method among Thai pregnant women: A randomized control trial.","authors":"Natthaphon Phoblap, Phudit Jatavan, Theera Tongsong","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14370","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To compare the prevalence of GDM and pregnancy outcomes between the one-step and two-step methods of universal screening among Thai pregnant women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A randomized controlled trial was conducted on singleton Thai pregnant women at a gestational age of 24-28 weeks. They were randomly assigned to either the one-step method group (a universal 75-gm 2-h oral glucose tolerance test: OGTT) or the two-step method group (a universal 50-gm oral glucose challenge test followed by a 100-gm 3-h OGTT). The women received standard antenatal care. The prevalence of GDM and obstetric outcomes were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 143 women meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into the one-step group (72 cases) and the two-step group (71 cases). The prevalence of GDM was significantly higher in the one-step group than in the two-step group, with rates of 24/73 (33.3%) vs 8/70 (11.3%); P value 0.002; relative risk of 2.96, 95% CI: 1.43-6.14, respectively. Demographic data and maternal and neonatal outcomes were comparable between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The one-step method can markedly increase the prevalence of GDM to nearly three times that of the two-step method, leading to a substantial increase in care costs and burdens without clear benefits. Convincingly, the one-step method as a new approach may not be suitable for universal screening in a busy antenatal care setting, especially in low-resource health centers in developing countries or among populations with a high prevalence of GDM.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142737936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuemei Huang, Jiajin Jiang, Li Liu, Yuanyuan Lin, Feng Zhang, Xiaoshan Ling, Haitao Wei, Guangjing Huang, Jinqun Ye, Cen Huang, Jianli Huang, Wenfu Tao, Xinyu Zou
{"title":"Diabetes remission in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus through short-term continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion intensive therapy combined with low-carbohydrate diet treatment.","authors":"Xuemei Huang, Jiajin Jiang, Li Liu, Yuanyuan Lin, Feng Zhang, Xiaoshan Ling, Haitao Wei, Guangjing Huang, Jinqun Ye, Cen Huang, Jianli Huang, Wenfu Tao, Xinyu Zou","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim/introduction: </strong>To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy short-term continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) intensive therapy combined with a low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) for diabetes remission in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This study included patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, who were randomly divided into two groups: conventional (conventional CSII + traditional lifestyle guidance); and intensive (intensive CSII + LCD lifestyle guidance). CSII was used for blood glucose control, with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) used to monitor blood glucose levels. The primary outcome measure was hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level; secondary outcomes included body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, glycemic control, and biochemical indices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The time in range (TIR) in the intensive treatment group was greater than that in the conventional treatment group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of hypoglycemia between the two groups (P > 0.05). Compared with the conventional treatment group, diabetes remission rates were significantly greater in the intensive treatment group (P < 0.05). In the intensive treatment group, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), HbA1c, Homeostasis Model assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), and changes in body weight, BMI, visceral fat area (VFA), and subcutaneous fat area (SFA) decreased significantly (P < 0.05). FPG, HOMA-IR, TG, LDL-c, and changes in body weight, BMI, waist circumference, and VFA were significantly correlated with HbA1c levels (P < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The combination of intensive CSII and LCD lifestyle guidance had been improved the remission rate in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142749474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gestational diabetes in early pregnancy is associated with postpartum glucose intolerance: A perspective from the diabetes and pregnancy outcome for mother and baby study in Japan.","authors":"Maki Yokoyama, Kei Miyakoshi, Noriyuki Iwama, Hiroshi Yamashita, Ichiro Yasuhi, Maki Kawasaki, Naoko Arata, Shiori Sato, Yuko Imura, Masako Waguri, Haruna Kawaguchi, Naoki Masaoka, Yoshiyuki Nakajima, Yuji Hiramatsu, Takashi Sugiyama","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To compare perinatal outcomes and postpartum glucose tolerance between women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) before 20 weeks of gestation (EGDM) and those diagnosed at or after 24 weeks of gestation (LGDM) in a Japanese population.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Data were obtained from a prospective GDM registry. Multivariate analysis was conducted to examine the association between the timing of GDM diagnosis (EGDM vs LGDM) and perinatal outcomes (preterm birth, small for gestational age, large for gestational age, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and neonatal hypoglycemia), as well as postpartum glucose intolerance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,275 mother-infant pairs were analyzed for perinatal outcomes. Of these, 924 women underwent postpartum testing for glucose intolerance. No significant differences in perinatal outcomes were observed between the EGDM and LGDM groups, except that overweight/obese women with EGDM had 2.5-fold higher rate of preterm birth than those with LGDM. Postpartum glucose intolerance was 1.5 times more likely in the EGDM group than in the LGDM group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Women with EGDM had a significantly higher risk of postpartum glucose intolerance than those with LGDM, despite similar perinatal outcomes between the two groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142749561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mostafa Javanian, Mohammad Barary, Soheil Bakhshinasab, Soheil Ebrahimpour
{"title":"Comments on \"Non-classical monocytes frequency and serum vitamin D3 levels are linked to diabetic foot ulcer associated with peripheral artery disease\".","authors":"Mostafa Javanian, Mohammad Barary, Soheil Bakhshinasab, Soheil Ebrahimpour","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14356","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142724424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyoung Hwa Ha, Soyoung Shin, EunJi Na, Dae Jung Kim
{"title":"Trends in prescribing sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors for individuals with type 2 diabetes with and without cardiovascular-renal disease in South Korea, 2015-2021.","authors":"Kyoung Hwa Ha, Soyoung Shin, EunJi Na, Dae Jung Kim","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study evaluates shifts in oral glucose-lowering drug prescription patterns and the adoption of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) in South Korea.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional and retrospective cohort analysis of the Korean National Health Insurance database (2015-2021) assessed the prescription patterns of oral glucose-lowering drugs by therapy level, SGLT2i prescriptions by cardiovascular-renal disease (CVRD) status, and the mean duration for SGLT2i therapy initiation and intensification.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 2015 to 2021, the number of individuals prescribed oral glucose-lowering drugs across all regimen levels increased. However, the proportion of individuals receiving monotherapy or dual combination therapy decreased by 9.2 percentage points, whereas the proportion prescribed triple or more combination therapy increased. SGLT2i prescriptions increased from 2.5% in 2015 to 13.9% in 2021, marking an 11.4 percentage point growth. This trend was consistent among individuals with and without CVRD, with the most significant increase observed in individuals with heart failure-from 2.2% in 2015 to 16.6%. The mean time to SGLT2i initiation post-diagnosis was shortened from 249 days in 2015 to 158 days in 2019.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The adoption of SGLT2i therapy was on the rise, especially among individuals with heart failure, accompanied by a notable decrease in time to treatment initiation. Despite these positive trends, the overall use of SGLT2i among individuals with CVRD remained limited.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142692269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The health-economic impact of urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio testing for chronic kidney disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Koichi Asahi, Tsuneo Konta, Kouichi Tamura, Fumitaka Tanaka, Akira Fukui, Yusuke Nakamura, Junichi Hirose, Kenichi Ohara, Yoko Shijoh, Matthew Carter, Kimberley Meredith, James Harris, Örjan Åkerborg, Naoki Kashihara, Takashi Yokoo","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims/introduction: </strong>This analysis seeks to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio testing compared with urine protein-creatinine ratio testing and no urine testing for the identification of kidney damage in individuals with type 2 diabetes who have, or are at risk of, chronic kidney disease in Japan.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A health-economic model estimated the clinical and economic consequences of different tests to evaluate kidney damage in line with Japanese guidelines, taking a Japanese healthcare perspective. Differences in the diagnostic performance of tests were considered by the integration of real-world Japanese data. Outcomes were considered over a lifetime horizon, and included costs, prevented dialyses, life years gained, quality-adjusted life years, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Repeated urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio testing was found to be cost-effective compared with both urine protein-creatinine ratio testing and no urine testing, yielding incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of ¥2,652,693 and ¥2,460,453, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Repeated urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio testing is cost-effective compared with urine protein-creatinine ratio testing and no urine testing in Japanese individuals with type 2 diabetes, supporting existing clinical evidence that albumin-to-creatinine ratio testing should be used more widely, particularly compared with other urine tests such as urine protein-creatinine ratio testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142692268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoo Hyung Kim, Ji Won Yoon, Bon Hyang Lee, Jeong Hee Yoon, Hun Jee Choe, Tae Jung Oh, Jeong Min Lee, Young Min Cho
{"title":"Artificial intelligence-based body composition analysis using computed tomography images predicts both prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus.","authors":"Yoo Hyung Kim, Ji Won Yoon, Bon Hyang Lee, Jeong Hee Yoon, Hun Jee Choe, Tae Jung Oh, Jeong Min Lee, Young Min Cho","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim/introduction: </strong>We assess the efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI)-based, fully automated, volumetric body composition metrics in predicting the risk of diabetes.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional and 10-year retrospective longitudinal study. The cross-sectional analysis included health check-up data of 15,330 subjects with abdominal computed tomography (CT) images between January 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012. Of these, 10,570 subjects with available follow-up data were included in the longitudinal analyses. The volume of each body segment included in the abdominal CT images was measured using AI-based image analysis software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Visceral fat (VF) proportion and VF/subcutaneous fat (SF) ratio increased with age, and both strongly predicted the presence and risk of developing diabetes. Optimal cut-offs for VF proportion were 24% for men and 16% for women, while VF/SF ratio values were 1.2 for men and 0.5 for women. The subjects with higher VF/SF ratio and VF proportion were associated with a greater risk of having diabetes (adjusted OR 2.0 [95% CI 1.7-2.4] in men; 2.9 [2.2-3.9] in women). In subjects with normal glucose tolerance, higher VF proportion and VF/SF ratio were associated with higher risk of developing prediabetes or diabetes (adjusted HR 1.3 [95% CI 1.1-1.4] in men; 1.4 [1.2-1.7] in women). These trends were consistently observed across each specified cut-off value.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AI-based volumetric analysis of abdominal CT images can be useful in obtaining body composition data and predicting the risk of diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142685529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward a cure for diabetes: iPSC and ESC-derived islet cell transplantation trials.","authors":"Junji Fujikura, Takayuki Anazawa, Taro Toyoda, Ryo Ito, Yasuko Kimura, Daisuke Yabe","doi":"10.1111/jdi.14366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.14366","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advancements in regenerative medicine, particularly through the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and embryonic stem cells (ESCs), are garnering substantial attention as potential solutions to the limited availability of donors, leading to prolonged waiting periods for people with type 1 diabetes who require transplantation of pancreatic islets from deceased donors. The promising outcomes from recent clinical trials suggest that transplantation of iPSC- or ESC-derived islet cells could pave the way for more effective and broadly accessible treatment options. This progress holds potential not only for individuals with type 1 diabetes but may also extend to type 2 diabetes treatment in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Diabetes Investigation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142685532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}