Functional architecture of pancreatic islets identifies a population of first responder cells that drive the first-phase calcium response

Multiplexed In Situ Imaging Mass Cytometry Analysis of the Human Endocrine Pancreas and Immune System in Type 1 Diabetes

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How Heterogeneity in Glucokinase and Gap-Junction Coupling Determines the Islet [Ca2+] Response

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New Understanding of β-Cell Heterogeneity and In Situ Islet Function

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Beta Cell Hubs Dictate Pancreatic Islet Responses to Glucose

(2016) Natalie R. Johnston et al.   Cell Metabolism

Single-Cell Transcriptome Profiling of Human Pancreatic Islets in Health and Type 2 Diabetes

(2016) Åsa Segerstolpe et al.   Cell Metabolism

Identification of proliferative and mature β-cells in the islets of Langerhans

(2016) Erik Bader et al.   NATURE

Human islets contain four distinct subtypes of β cells

(2016) Craig Dorrell et al.   Nature Communications

Intrinsic Islet Heterogeneity and Gap Junction Coupling Determine Spatiotemporal Ca2+ Wave Dynamics

(2014) Richard K.P. Benninger et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching reveals regulation and distribution of connexin36 gap junction coupling within mouse islets of Langerhans

(2014) Nikki L. Farnsworth et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Phase Transitions in the Multi-cellular Regulatory Behavior of Pancreatic Islet Excitability

(2014) Thomas H. Hraha et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Functional Connectivity in Islets of Langerhans from Mouse Pancreas Tissue Slices

(2013) Andraž Stožer et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Connexin-36 Gap Junctions Regulate In Vivo First- and Second-Phase Insulin Secretion Dynamics and Glucose Tolerance in the Conscious Mouse

(2012) W. S. Head et al.   DIABETES

Subpopulations of GFP-Marked Mouse Pancreatic β-Cells Differ in Size, Granularity, and Insulin Secretion

(2012) Hitoshi Katsuta et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Time-dependent changes in membrane excitability during glucose-induced bursting activity in pancreatic β cells

(2011) Chae Young Cha et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Ionic mechanisms and Ca2+dynamics underlying the glucose response of pancreatic β cells: a simulation study

(2011) Chae Young Cha et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Gap junctions and other mechanisms of cell-cell communication regulate basal insulin secretion in the pancreatic islet

(2011) R. K. P. Benninger et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Exploring Functional β-Cell Heterogeneity In Vivo Using PSA-NCAM as a Specific Marker

(2009) Melis Karaca et al.   PLoS One

Glucose Metabolism, Islet Architecture, and Genetic Homogeneity in Imprinting of [Ca2+]i and Insulin Rhythms in Mouse Islets

(2009) Craig S. Nunemaker et al.   PLoS One

Gap Junction Coupling and Calcium Waves in the Pancreatic Islet

(2008) Richard K.P. Benninger et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cx36 makes channels coupling human pancreatic β-cells, and correlates with insulin expression

(2008) Véronique Serre-Beinier et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS