Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Both metabolic surgery and sodium glucose co-transporter (SGLT2) inhibitors have been demonstrated to improve insulin sensitivity and glucose clearance, but also increase glucagon secretion and cardiovascular health.Aim: To examine the effect of metabolic surgery (Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy; VSG) on SGLT2 expression in kidney cortex of lean mice.Methods: In order to assess whether exogenous SGLT2 inhibition has the sam...

Background: Islet transplantation is an established treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, many recipients do not achieve independence from exogenous insulin since up to 50–70% of islets are lost post-transplant. An important factor determining transplant success is graft vascularisation. The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a key pro-survival and proliferation factor. Here, we investigate for the first time if EGFR overexpression in pancreatic islets ...

Introduction: Pancreatic β-cells control glucose homeostasis by secreting insulin in response to high glucose. MiRNAs regulate β-cell function and contribute to β-cell failure in type 2 diabetes. MiR-184 regulates β-cell compensatory expansion during pregnancy and obesity and its expression is reduced by glucose through unknown mechanisms. AMPK is a suggested target of antidiabetic drugs and an important energy sensor. Its β-cell-selective inactivation...