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ReviewDiabetologia2025

Active targeting of type 1 diabetes therapies to pancreatic beta cells using nanocarriers.

Jillian Collins, Nikki L Farnsworth

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Review in Diabetologia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors.

Jillian CollinsDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA.
Nikki L FarnsworthDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA. nfarnsworth@mines.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9834-9168

Funding

The Role of the Pancreas Microenvironment in Regulating Islet Function and Survival in Type 1 DiabetesR01DK137221 · COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES · 2025 to 2025
$353k
American Diabetes Association 7-20-JDF-020Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases R01DK137221JDRF 3-SRA-2023-1367-S-BNIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK137221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease characterised by the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, resulting in lifelong insulin dependence. Although exogenous insulin can maintain glycaemic control, this approach does not protect residual or replacement pancreatic beta cells from immune-mediated death. Current therapeutics designed to protect functional beta cell mass or promote beta cell proliferation and regeneration can have off-target effects, resulting in higher dose requirements and adverse side effects. Targeted drug delivery using nanocarriers has demonstrated potential for overcoming these limitations. The critical bottleneck limiting the development of beta cell-targeted therapies is a lack of highly specific beta cell markers. This review provides an overview of the use of nanocarriers for cell-targeted delivery and the current state of the field of beta cell targeting. Technologies such as systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) aptamer selection, phage display screening, and omics datasets from human samples are highlighted as tools to identify novel beta cell-specific targets that can be combined with nanocarriers for targeted delivery of therapeutics. Ultimately, beta cell-targeted therapies using nanocarriers present a unique opportunity to develop tailored treatments for each stage of type 1 diabetes with the goal of providing individuals with treatment options that prevent further progression or reverse the course of the disease.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1Drug CarriersHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin-Secreting CellsNanoparticlesAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansInsulinDrug CarriersHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinAntibodiesAptamersBeta cellsNanocarriersPeptidesReviewTargeted drug deliveryType 1 diabetes

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