Single-Cell Dissection of Human Pancreatic Islet Dysfunction in Diabetes

Abstract

Islets are composed of 5 endocrine cell types that perform complementary functions to maintain proper glucose homeostasis. This cellular heterogeneity impedes our ability to understand the precise transcriptional repertoire and regulatory landscape of each cell type and to determine how these programs in each cell type are perturbed in type 2 diabetes (T2D). The overarching goal of this project is to determine, with single cell resolution, changes in cellular composition and cell-specific gene expression programs elicited by T2D in human islets using innovative single cell transcriptomic (scRNA-seq; Aim 1) and epigenomic (scATAC-seq; Aim 2) technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1050200

Entities

People

  • Michael L Stitzel

Organizations

  • Jackson Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cell Physiological Processes
  • Cells
  • Cells (Biology)
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Endocrine Cells
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Gene Expression
  • Genetic Structures
  • Genetics
  • Glucose Metabolism Disorders
  • Medical Personnel
  • Metabolism
  • Pancreas

Fields of Study

  • Biology

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  • Molecular and Cellular Biology