Pancreas cells may produce a protein that can protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease. In individuals with Alzheimer's disease, a peptide known as amyloid-β accumulates and forms tangled plaques.

Olive oil bioactives, including MUFAs, polyphenols, and triterpenoids, modulate gene expression linked to insulin sensitivity ...

This is a useful study that seeks to address the role of the TET family of DNA demethylation enzymes in pancreatic beta cell senescence in the context of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Although the concepts ...

Researchers at IISc Bengaluru discover potential drug-free treatment for diabetes by enhancing beta-cell function with small ...

Notably, FIP excludes peri-pancreatic fat, also called extra-lobular fat (2, 3). The lack of clear differentiation between triglyceride accumulation in acinar cells, beta cells, or intra-pancreatic ...

Conceptual diagram summarizing the central experiment comparing cell death in amyloid-β treated neuronal cells with and without pancreatic β cell culture supernatant. Pancreas cells may produce ...

Diabetes affects an estimated 415 million people worldwide, with type 2 diabetes (T2D) accounting for about 90% of these ...

Sep. 3, 2024 — Our glycaemic balance is based on the ability of the pancreatic beta cells to detect glucose and secrete insulin to maintain our blood sugar levels. If these cells malfunction ...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the immune system destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, ...

Results of the study at four weeks after cell transplantation demonstrate the survival and function of pancreatic beta cells as measured by the presence of circulating C-peptide, a biomarker ...