Endo-ERN webinar: Rare diabetes caused by endoplasmic reticulum stress – clinical features and novel patients’ stem cell-based models

On Wednesday May 26th at 16:00 – 17:00 CET
an Endo-ERN webinar about “Rare diabetes caused by endoplasmic reticulum stress: clinical features and novel patients’ stem cell-based models” will be given by Prof. Miriam Cnop from Cliniques universitaires de Bruxelles – Hôpital Erasme.

A dozen types of rare monogenic diabetes are caused by mutations that cause pancreatic beta cell endoplasmic reticulum stress. These forms of young-onset diabetes are often associated with microcephaly. We will review clinical features and discuss novel stem cell-based models to study these diseases. Patients’ induced pluripotent stem cell-derived beta cells provide the exciting opportunity to generate disease-in-a-dish and humanised mouse models, to study pathogenic mechanisms and test therapies.