MafA is critical for maintenance of the mature beta cell phenotype in mice

Pancreatic β Cell Dedifferentiation in Diabetes and Redifferentiation following Insulin Therapy

(2014) Zhiyu Wang et al.   Cell Metabolism

Pdx1 Maintains β Cell Identity and Function by Repressing an α Cell Program

(2014) Tao Gao et al.   Cell Metabolism

The MafA Transcription Factor Becomes Essential to Islet β-Cells Soon After Birth

(2014) Yan Hang et al.   DIABETES

MafA Is Required for Postnatal Proliferation of Pancreatic β-Cells

(2014) Koki Eto et al.   PLoS One

Dnmt3L Antagonizes DNA Methylation at Bivalent Promoters and Favors DNA Methylation at Gene Bodies in ESCs

(2013) Francesco Neri et al.   CELL

Quantitative Assessment of Pdx1 Promoter Activity in Vivo Using a Secreted Luciferase Reporter System

(2013) Wataru Nishimura et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

VHL-mediated disruption of Sox9 activity compromises  -cell identity and results in diabetes mellitus

(2013) S. Puri et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Inactivation of specific β cell transcription factors in type 2 diabetes

(2013) Shuangli Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Epigenomic plasticity enables human pancreatic α to β cell reprogramming

(2013) Nuria C. Bramswig et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Nkx6.1 Is Essential for Maintaining the Functional State of Pancreatic Beta Cells

(2013) Brandon L. Taylor et al.   Cell Reports

Pancreatic β Cell Dedifferentiation as a Mechanism of Diabetic β Cell Failure

(2012) Chutima Talchai et al.   CELL

When less is more: the forbidden fruits of gene repression in the adult β-cell

(2012) T. J. Pullen et al.   DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM

Beta cell nuclear musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family A (MafA) is deficient in type 2 diabetes

(2012) A. E. Butler et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

A novel molecular mechanism involved in multiple myeloma development revealed by targeting MafB to haematopoietic progenitors

(2012) Carolina Vicente-Dueñas et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Pancreatic β Cell Identity Is Maintained by DNA Methylation-Mediated Repression of Arx

(2011) Sangeeta Dhawan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Nkx2.2 repressor complex regulates islet  -cell specification and prevents  -to- -cell reprogramming

(2011) J. B. Papizan et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Dedifferentiation, transdifferentiation and reprogramming: three routes to regeneration

(2011) Chris Jopling et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Elevated Hedgehog/Gli signaling causes  -cell dedifferentiation in mice

(2011) L. Landsman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of MafA Expression in Pancreatic  -Cells in db/db Mice With Diabetes

(2010) T.-a. Matsuoka et al.   DIABETES

MafA and MafB Regulate Genes Critical to  -Cells in a Unique Temporal Manner

(2010) I. Artner et al.   DIABETES

Tissue-specific disallowance of housekeeping genes: The other face of cell differentiation

(2010) L. Thorrez et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Conversion of adult pancreatic α-cells to β-cells after extreme β-cell loss

(2010) Fabrizio Thorel et al.   NATURE

The Ectopic Expression of Pax4 in the Mouse Pancreas Converts Progenitor Cells into α and Subsequently β Cells

(2009) Patrick Collombat et al.   CELL

Expression of MafA in pancreatic progenitors is detrimental for pancreatic development

(2009) Wataru Nishimura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Regulation of Pancreas Plasticity and Malignant Transformation by Akt Signaling

(2008) Lynda Elghazi et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

In vivo reprogramming of adult pancreatic exocrine cells to β-cells

(2008) Qiao Zhou et al.   NATURE