β-cell adaptation in a mouse model of glucocorticoid-induced metabolic syndrome

Central Ghrelin Signaling Mediates the Metabolic Response of C57BL/6 Male Mice to Chronic Social Defeat Stress

(2013) Z.R. Patterson et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Pathophysiology of Human Visceral Obesity: An Update

(2013) André Tchernof et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Serine/threonine protein phosphatase 5 regulates glucose homeostasis in vivo and apoptosis signalling in mouse pancreatic islets and clonal MIN6 cells

(2012) N. Grankvist et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Targeting VEGF-B as a novel treatment for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

(2012) Carolina E. Hagberg et al.   NATURE

Metabolic syndrome: definitions and controversies

(2011) Eva Kassi et al.   BMC Medicine

A rodent model of rapid-onset diabetes induced by glucocorticoids and high-fat feeding

(2011) Y. Shpilberg et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Morphofunctional Alterations in Endocrine Pancreas of Short- and Long-term Dexamethasone-treated Rats

(2011) A. Rafacho et al.   HORMONE AND METABOLIC RESEARCH

Increased β-cell volume in mice fed a high-fat diet: A dynamic study over 12 months

(2011) Jonatan Ahrén et al.   Islets

The adaptive compensations in endocrine pancreas from glucocorticoid-treated rats are reversible after the interruption of treatment

(2010) A. Rafacho et al.   Acta Physiologica

Endocrine and Physiological Changes in Response to Chronic Corticosterone: A Potential Model of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mouse

(2010) Ilia N. Karatsoreos et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Vascular endothelial growth factor B controls endothelial fatty acid uptake

(2010) Carolina E. Hagberg et al.   NATURE

ER Stress in Pancreatic   Cells: The Thin Red Line Between Adaptation and Failure

(2010) D. L. Eizirik et al.   Science Signaling

High doses of dexamethasone induce increased β-cell proliferation in pancreatic rat islets

(2009) Alex Rafacho et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

The epidemiology of glucocorticoid-associated adverse events

(2009) Allyson K McDonough et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

Glucocorticoidsin VivoInduce Both Insulin Hypersecretion and Enhanced Glucose Sensitivity of Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Isolated Rat Islets

(2009) Alex Rafacho et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Exercise training prevents hyperinsulinemia, muscular glycogen loss and muscle atrophy induced by dexamethasone treatment

(2009) Matheus Barel et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The Pathogenetic Role of Cortisol in the Metabolic Syndrome: A Hypothesis

(2009) Panagiotis Anagnostis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Minireview: Meeting the Demand for Insulin: Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptive Postnatal ß-Cell Mass Expansion

(2009) Mira M. Sachdeva et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Functional Alterations in Endocrine Pancreas of Rats With Different Degrees of Dexamethasone-Induced Insulin Resistance

(2009) Alex Rafacho et al.   PANCREAS

Depressive symptoms and metabolic risk: Effects of cortisol and gender

(2009) Christoph Muhtz et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

AMP-activated protein kinase mediates glucocorticoid-induced metabolic changes: a novel mechanism in Cushing’s syndrome

(2008) Mirjam Christ-Crain et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Association between the Metabolic Syndrome and Serum Cortisol in Overweight Latino Youth

(2008) Marc J. Weigensberg et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Diazoxide-induced β-cell rest reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress in lipotoxic β-cells

(2008) Ernest Sargsyan et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Stroke presentation in Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

(2007) Imtiaz M. Shah et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE