Pancreatic Cell News Volume 15.04 | Feb 06 2024

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    Pancreatic Cell News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 15.04 – 6 February, 2024
    TOP STORY

    Intermittent Fasting Protects β-Cell Identity and Function in a Type-2 Diabetes Model

    To determine the long-term effects of intermittent fasting (IF) on type 2 diabetes, 6-week-old KK and KKAy mice were subjected to IF for 16 weeks.
    [Metabolism Clinical And Experimental]

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    β-Cell Jagged1 Is Sufficient but Not Necessary for Islet Notch Activity and Insulin Secretory Defects in Obese Mice

    Scientists explored whether β cell expression of Jagged1 determined the maladaptive Notch response and resultant insulin secretory defects in obese mice
    [Molecular Metabolism]

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    Dual-Targeted Nano-Encapsulation of Neonatal Porcine Islet-Like Cell Clusters with Triiodothyronine-Loaded Bifunctional Polymersomes

    Researchers proposed a nano-encapsulation technique that could pave the way for significant advances in islet nano-encapsulation and the improvement of neonatal porcine islet-like cell cluster immaturity via T3 release, which may help to treat type 1 diabetes in humans.
    [Discover Nano]

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    Saxagliptin/Dapagliflozin Is Non-Inferior to Insulin Glargine in Terms of β-Cell Function in Subjects with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: A 12-Month, Randomized, Comparator-Controlled Pilot Study

    Investigators compared the efficacy and safety of saxagliptin/dapagliflozin and insulin glargine in people with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.
    [Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism]

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    Cytidine Deaminase Resolves Replicative Stress and Protects Pancreatic Cancer from DNA-Targeting Drugs

    Scientists observed that cytidine deaminase was overexpressed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma from patients at baseline and was essential for experimental tumor growth.
    [Cancer Research]

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    The Extracellular Niche and Tumor Microenvironment Enhance KRAS Inhibitor Efficacy in Pancreatic Cancer

    Researchers assessed the response to pharmacological inhibition of KRAS, the central oncogenic driver of PDAC. In a panel of PDAC cell lines, inhibition of KRASG12D with MRTX1133 yielded variable efficacy in suppressing cell growth and downstream gene expression programs in 2D cultures.
    [Cancer Research]

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    Targeting Cancer Stem Cell OXPHOS with Tailored Ruthenium Complexes as a New Anti-Cancer Strategy

    Scientists showed that Ru1 was capable of inhibiting cancer stem cells oxidative phosphorylation function in vitro. It presented excellent anti-cancer activity, with low toxicity, across a large panel of human pancreatic patient-derived xenografts (PDXs), as well as in colorectal cancer and osteosarcoma PDXs.
    [Journal Of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research]

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    Long-Term Activation of Anti-Tumor Immunity in Pancreatic Cancer by a p53-Expressing Telomerase-Specific Oncolytic Adenovirus

    Researchers studied the efficacy of a telomerase-specific oncolytic adenovirus armed with the p53 gene for pancreatic cancer, focusing on its long-term effects via long-lived memory CD8+ T cells including tissue-resident memory T cells and effector memory T cells differentiated from effector memory precursor cells.
    [British Journal Of Cancer]

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    DDX3X Interacts with SIRT7 to Promote PD-L1 Expression to Facilitate PDAC Progression

    Scientists investigated the specific roles of DDX3X in PDAC. Multiple bioinformatics analyses were used to evaluate DDX3X expression and its potential role in PDAC. In vitro and in vivo studies were performed to assess the effects of DDX3X on PDAC cell growth.
    [Oncogenesis]

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    Twenty Years of Islet-on-a-Chip: Microfluidic Tools for Dissecting Islet Metabolism and Function

    The authors explore the various islet-on-a-chip devices used to immobilize islets, regulate the microenvironment, and dynamically detect islet metabolism and insulin secretion.
    [Lab On A Chip]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Processa Pharmaceuticals Announces Successful Completion of Phase Ib Safety Evaluation of NGC-Cap in Patients with Advanced Cancer Resulting in Recommended Phase II Doses

    Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the successful completion of the safety tolerability evaluation in its Phase Ib trial of Next Generation Capecitabine.
    [Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.]

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