Can Insulin Production Suppress β Cell Growth?

Cell Metab

Section of Epigenomics and Disease, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom; Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address:

Published: January 2016

While insulin has mitogenic effects in many cell types, its effects on β cells remain elusive. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Szabat et al. (2015) genetically block insulin production in adult β cells and show that this leads to a relief of ER stress, AKT activation, and increased β cell proliferation.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2015.12.016DOI Listing

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