hrp0098p1-304 | Late Breaking 2 | ESPE2024
Bourgeois Stephanie
, Staels Willem
, Van Mulders Annelore
, Willems Lien
, Coenen Sophie
, Degroote Laure
, Pierreux Julie
, Leuckx Gunter
, Heremans Yves
, De Leu Nico
, Heimberg Harry
, Cnop Miriam
, Yi Xiaoyan
, Movahedi Kiavash
, Kancheva Daliya
, Scheyltjens Isabelle
, de Koning Eelco
, Carlotti Françoise
Introduction: Regenerating endogenous pancreatic β-cells is a potentially curative yet currently elusive strategy for diabetes therapy. Mimicking the microenvironment of the developing pancreas and leveraging vascular signals, critical to pancreatic endocrinogenesis, may promote β-cell regeneration. We aimed to investigate whether recovery from experimental hypovascularization of the endocrine pancreas could trigger mouse ß-cell proliferation.<...