Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2019 Feb;62(2):209-211.
doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4784-y. Epub 2018 Dec 14.

A call for improved reporting of human islet characteristics in research articles

Affiliations
Editorial

A call for improved reporting of human islet characteristics in research articles

Vincent Poitout et al. Diabetologia. 2019 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Diabetes; Human; Insulin; Islets; Pancreas; Reporting; Research; Resource; Rigour; Transparency; Unique identifier.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Duality of interest The authors declare that there is no duality of interest associated with this manuscript.

Comment on

References

    1. Hart NJ, Powers AC (2018) Progress, challenges, and suggestions for using human islets to understand islet biology and human diabetes. Diabetologia. 10.1007/s00125-018-4772-2 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Lyon J, Manning Fox JE, Spigelman AF et al. (2016) Research-focused isolation of human islets from donors with and without diabetes at the Alberta Diabetes Institute Islet Core. Endocrinology 157(2):560–569. 10.1210/en.2015-1562 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Henquin JC (2018) Influence of organ donor attributes and preparation characteristics on the dynamics of insulin secretion in isolated human islets. Physiol Rep 6(5):e13646 10.14814/phy2.13646 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Kayton NS, Poffenberger G, Henske J et al. (2015) Human islet preparations distributed for research exhibit a variety of insulin-secretory profiles. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 308(7):E592–E602. 10.1152/ajpendo.00437.2014 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Westacott MJ, Farnsworth NL, St Clair JR et al. (2017) Age-dependent decline in the coordinated [Ca2+] and insulin secretory dynamics in human pancreatic islets. Diabetes 66(9):2436–2445. 10.2337/db17-0137 - DOI - PMC - PubMed