Aging Impairs Adaptive Unfolded Protein Response and Drives Beta Cell Dedifferentiation in Humans.
Jiaxi SongQicheng NiJiajun SunJing XieJianmin LiuGuang NingWei-Qing WangQidi WangPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2022)
Our finding highlights that the failure to establish proper adaptive UPR in senescent human beta cells shifts their differentiated states, possibly representing a crucial step in the pathogenesis of age-related beta cell failure.