Study: Insulin-producing beta cells may change their function in diabetes
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have discovered that insulin-producing beta cells can change their function in diabetes and found that the RNA reporter system, which tells proteins how to behave in cells, works differently in diabetes..
"Researchers have found that people with type 1 diabetes still retain some insulin-producing cells, but the environment produced by diabetes can be toxic to these remaining cells, and our study could lead to new changes to protect," said Professor Lorna Harris, a co-author of the study. These cells, which can help people maintain some ability to make their own insulin"He said.
The team analyzed post-mortem pancreatic tissue from people with type 1 and II diabetes and found that they had "delta" cells too much, indicating that diabetes could cause some beta cells to turn into Delta cells"He said.
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