Proinflammatory stress activates neutral sphingomyelinase 2 based generation of a ceramide-enriched β cell EV subpopulation
Zhiwei Xu, Irene Amalaraj, Andre De Oliveira, Arianna Harris-Kawano, Jacob R. Enriquez, Raghavendra G. Mirmira, Josie Eder, Meagan Burnet, Ivo Díaz Ludovico, Javier E. Flores, Ernesto Satoshi Nakayasu, Emily Kristen Sims
This study shows that proinflammatory stress in beta cells increases ceramide-enriched extracellular vesicles via nSMase2, which may affect paracrine signaling in diabetes.
Diabetes · Sep 2, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology