MAFB is essential for the maintenance of adult human α-cell identity and glucagon secretion
Katie Colbert Coate, Jinhua Liu, Min Guo, Xin Tong, Vy M. N. Coykendall, Cristina Harmelink, Nandita Dey, Garrett Reynolds, Neha Mohanty, Regina Jenkins, Radhika Aramandla, Jeeyeon Cha, Alvin C. Powers, Patrick E. MacDonald, Seung K. Kim, Roland W. Stein
This study shows that MAFB is essential for maintaining adult human α-cell identity and function, linking its downregulation to impaired glucagon secretion and mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetes.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology