Defective CFTR protein, responsible for Cystic Fibrosis (CF), is highly expressed in pancreatic ductal epithelial cells (PDECs) but their impact on insulin secreting pancreatic islets is not fully understood. Here the authors develop a non-CF and CF patient derived pancreas-on-a-chip model to study how CF affects insulin secretion.
- Kyu Shik Mun
- Kavisha Arora
- Anjaparavanda P. Naren
