Alona Epshtein

Islet Pericytes Are Required for β-Cell Maturity

Adi Sasson, Eleonor Rachi, Lina Sakhneny et al. · Diabetes · 2016 · 73 citations

Developmental Biology, β-Cell Maturity, Cell Signaling +11

GIP regulates inflammation and body weight by restraining myeloid-cell-derived S100A8/A9

Fernanda Dana Mantelmacher, Isabel Zvibel, Keren Cohen et al. · Nature Metabolism · 2018 · 62 citations

Inflammation, Cytokine, Inflammatory Disease +10

Pancreatic Pericytes Support β-Cell Function in a Tcf7l2-Dependent Manner

Lina Sakhneny, Eleonor Rachi, Alona Epshtein et al. · Diabetes · 2017 · 50 citations

Pericytes contribute to the islet basement membranes to promote beta-cell gene expression

Lina Sakhneny, Alona Epshtein, Limor Landsman · Scientific Reports · 2021 · 46 citations · Full text

Neonatal pancreatic pericytes support β-cell proliferation

Alona Epshtein, Eleonor Rachi, Lina Sakhneny et al. · Molecular Metabolism · 2017 · 28 citations · Full text