Comparative analysis of reconstructed architectures from mice and human islets

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Intra-islet communication via electrical, paracrine and autocrine signals, is highly dependent on the organization of cells within the islets and is key for an adequate response to changes in blood glucose and other stimuli. In spite of the fact that relevant structural differences between mouse and human islet architectures have been described, the functional implications of these differences remain only partially understood. In this work, aiming to contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between structural and functional properties of pancreatic islets, we reconstructed human and mice islets in order to perform a structural comparison based on both morphologic and network-derived metrics. According to our results, human islets constitute a more efficient network from a connectivity viewpoint, mainly due to the higher proportion of heterotypic contacts between islet cells in comparison to mice islets.

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Félix-Martínez, G. J., & Godínez-Fernández, J. R. (2022). Comparative analysis of reconstructed architectures from mice and human islets. Islets, 14(1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/19382014.2021.1987827

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