Diabetes perspective
Renal Perfusion and the Renal Hemodynamic Response to Blocking the Renin System in Diabetes: Are the Forces Leading to Vasodilation and Vasoconstriction Linked?
Immunology and Transplantation
Redirection of Human Autoreactive T-Cells Upon Interaction With Dendritic Cells Modulated by TX527, an Analog of 1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D4
Immunological Characterization and Therapeutic Activity of an Altered-Peptide Ligand, NBI-6024, Based on the Immunodominant Type 1 Diabetes Autoantigen Insulin B-Chain (9–23) Peptide
Pancreatic Islet Transplantation Using the Nonhuman Primate (Rhesus) Model Predicts That the Portal Vein Is Superior to the Celiac Artery as the Islet Infusion Site
Islets cell studies
Successful Islet Transplantation: Continued Insulin Reserve Provides Long-Term Glycemic Control
Estrogen Can Prevent or Reverse Obesity and Diabetes in Mice Expressing Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide
Metabolism and Signals Transduction
Increased Lipolysis and Decreased Leptin Production by Human Omental as Compared With Subcutaneous Preadipocytes
Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- in Maintenance of the Characteristics of Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
Glucokinase Is the Likely Mediator of Glucosensing in Both Glucose-Excited and Glucose-Inhibited Central Neurons
Normalization of Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Synthesis and Glycolysis in Rosiglitazone-Treated Zucker Fatty Rats: An In Vivo Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study
Metformin Increases AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Activity in Skeletal Muscle of Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
Improved Insulin Sensitivity Is Associated With Restricted Intake of Dietary Glycoxidation Products in the db/db Mouse
Sustained Exposure of L6 Myotubes to High Glucose and Insulin Decreases Insulin-Stimulated GLUT4 Translocation but Upregulates GLUT4 Activity
Obesity studies
Appetite Suppression and Weight Reduction by a Centrally Active Aminosterol
Regulation of Circulating Soluble Leptin Receptor Levels By Gender, Adiposity, Sex Steroids, and Leptin : Observational and Interventional Studies in Humans
Adrenalectomy Improves Diabetes in A-ZIP/F-1 Lipoatrophic Mice by Increasing Both Liver and Muscle Insulin Sensitivity
Pathophysiology
ß-Cell Function Is a Major Contributor to Oral Glucose Tolerance in High-Risk Relatives of Four Ethnic Groups in the U.S.
Publications
Functional Genomics of the Endocrine Pancreas: The Pancreas Clone Set and PancChip, New Resources for Diabetes Research
Lipid-Induced Insulin Resistance in Human Muscle Is Associated With Changes in Diacylglycerol, Protein Kinase C, and IB-
The Gene INPPL1, Encoding the Lipid Phosphatase SHIP2, Is a Candidate for Type 2 Diabetes In Rat and Man
Critical Role for Cataplerosis via Citrate in Glucose-Regulated Insulin Release
