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Mast Cells and the Pancreas in Human Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Matilde Masini, Mara Suleiman, Michela Novelli, Lorella Marselli, Piero Marchetti, Vincenzo De Tata

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matilde MasiniDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 55-Scuola Medica, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Mara SuleimanDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pancreatic Islet Laboratory, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Michela NovelliDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 55-Scuola Medica, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Lorella MarselliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pancreatic Islet Laboratory, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6698-2962
Piero MarchettiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pancreatic Islet Laboratory, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Vincenzo De TataDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 55-Scuola Medica, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8301-4800
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

INNODIA 115797INNODIA HARVEST 945268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mast cells are highly differentiated, widely distributed cells of the innate immune system, that are currently considered as key regulators of both innate and adaptive immunity. Mast cells play a key role in health and survival mechanisms, especially as sentinel cells that can stimulate protective immune responses. On the other hand, it has been shown that mast cells are involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, and recently a possible pathogenetic role of mast cells in diabetes has been proposed. In this review we summarize the evidence on the increased presence of mast cells in the pancreas of subjects with type 1 diabetes, which is due to the autoimmune destruction of insulin secreting beta cells, and discuss the differences with type 2 diabetes, the other major form of diabetes. In addition, we describe some of the pathophysiological mechanisms through which mast cells might exert their actions, which could be targeted to potentially protect the beta cells in autoimmune diabetes.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood GlucoseCell CommunicationDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansInsulinInsulin ResistanceInsulin-Secreting CellsMast CellsBlood GlucoseInsulininsulin secretionmast cellspancreatic beta cellstype 1 diabetestype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID34440644
PMCPMC8391487
OpenAlexW3184087613

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