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ey0018.2-5 | Neonatal hypoglycaemia | ESPEYB18

2.5. SUR1-mutant iPS cell-derived islets recapitulate the pathophysiology of congenital hyperinsulinism.

V Lithovius , J Saarimaki-Vire , D Balboa , H Ibrahim , H Montaser , T Barsby , T Otonkoski

Diabetologia. 2021 Mar;64(3):630-640. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05346-7. PMID: 33404684.The derivation of iPSCs and their subsequent conversion to islet like clusters from a patient with diffuse CHI due to a homozygous mutation in the ABCC8 provided these authors a unique opportunity to study the molecular basis of CHI and to develop potential novel treatment options by screening...

ey0017.7-8 | Basic Science | ESPEYB17

7.8. Characterization of the human GnRH neuron developmental transcriptome using a GNRH1-TdTomato reporter line in human pluripotent stem cells

C Lund , V Yellapragada , S Vuoristo , D Balboa , S Trova , C Allet , N Eskici , K Pulli , P Giacobini , T Tuuri , T Raivio

To read the full abstract: Disease Models & Mechanisms vol. 13,3 dmm040105. 13 Mar. 2020. doi: https://dmm.biologists.org/content/13/3/dmm040105.longThese authors developed an in vitro model to study human GnRH neuron transcriptome during developmental differentiation. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the hypothalamus govern t...