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ArticleNature communications2026

Resolving human α versus β cell fate allocation for the generation of stem cell-derived islets.

Melis Akgün Canan, Corinna Cozzitorto, Michael Sterr, Lama Saber, Eunike S A Setyono, Alessandro Dema, Kei Kozawa, Xianming Wang, Juliane Merl-Pham, Tobias Greisle and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Charting Endocrine Progenitors Across Species and Organs.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Melis Akgün Canan *Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Corinna Cozzitorto *Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8328-4728
Michael SterrInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Lama SaberInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-0297-050X
Eunike S A SetyonoInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-1863-9028
Alessandro DemaInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0976-9396
Kei KozawaInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Xianming WangInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Juliane Merl-PhamMetabolomics and Proteomics Core, Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3422-4083
Tobias GreisleInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3885-4939
Ingo BurtscherInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Heiko LickertInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany. heiko.lickert@helmholtz-munich.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4597-8825

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 874839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell-derived glucagon-(α) and insulin-producing (β) cells allow to engineer in vitro biomimetics of islet of Langerhans, the micro-organ controlling glycemia; however, a knowledge gap in the mechanism by which human stem cell-derived α and β cells are specified persists. Mouse studies postulated that Aristaless Related homeobox (Arx) and Paired box 4 (Pax4) transcription factors cross-inhibit each other in endocrine progenitors to promote α/β fate allocation, respectively. To test this model in human, we combine lineage labelling with single-cell multiomic analysis in our newly generated ARX

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Glucagon-Secreting CellsInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsInsulin-Secreting CellsIslets of LangerhansAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell TransdifferentiationGene Regulatory NetworksHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMicePaired Box Transcription FactorsProteomicsTranscription FactorsARX protein, humanHomeodomain ProteinsPaired Box Transcription FactorsPAX4 protein, humanTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID42426000
PMCPMC13351057

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