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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2500
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Limor Landsman
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5325 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Sakhneny Lina L Rachi Eleonor E Epshtein Alona A Guez Helen C HC Wald-Altman Shane S Lisnyansky Michal M Khalifa-Malka Laura L Hazan Adina A Baer Daria D Priel Avi A Weil Miguel M Landsman Limor L
Diabetes 20171215 3
Polymorphism in <i>TCF7L2</i>, a component of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway, has a strong association with β-cell dysfunction and type 2 diabetes through a mechanism that has yet to be defined. β-Cells rely on cells in their microenvironment, including pericytes, for their proper function. Here, we show that Tcf7l2 activity in pancreatic pericytes is required for β-cell function. Transgenic mice in which Tcf7l2 was selectively inactivated in their pancreatic pericytes exhibited impaired gl ...[more]