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RETRACTED: Betatrophin: A Hormone that Controls Pancreatic β Cell Proliferation

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Yi, Peng, Park, Ji-Sun, Melton, Douglas A.·2013·Cell

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Replenishing insulin-producing pancreatic β cell mass will benefit both type I and type II diabetics. In adults, pancreatic β cells are generated primarily by self-duplication. We report on a mouse model of insulin resistance that induces dramatic pancreatic β cell proliferation and β cell mass expansion. Using this model, we identify a hormone, betatrophin, that is primarily expressed in liver and fat. Expression of betatrophin correlates with β cell proliferation in other mouse models of insulin resistance and during gestation. Transient expression of betatrophin in mouse liver significantly and specifically promotes pancreatic β cell proliferation, expands β cell mass, and improves glucose tolerance. Thus, betatrophin treatment could augment or replace insulin injections by increasing the number of endogenous insulin-producing cells in diabetics.

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Authors
Yi, P., Park, J.-S., & Melton, D. A.
Affiliations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-05
Volume
153
Issue
4
Pages
747-758
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2104584321
Cited by
449
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 72 · 2015: 76 · 2014: 82 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 1
FWCI
88.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Status
Retracted
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Harvard Stem Cell Institute
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (RC4DK090781)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Keywords
betatrophin, pancreatic beta-cell proliferation, beta-cell mass expansion, insulin resistance, glucose tolerance, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, liver hormone, gestation, retraction
MeSH terms
Angiopoietin-like Proteins, Angiopoietin-Like Protein 8, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Female, Glucose, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Liver, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Molecular Sequence Data, Pancreas, Peptides, Receptor, Insulin, Sequence Alignment, Peptide Hormones, Cell Proliferation, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Mice, Adipose Tissue, White

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