Age-associated changes of islet endocrine cells and the effects of body mass index in Japanese

 -Cell Mass and Turnover in Humans: Effects of obesity and aging

(2012) Y. Saisho et al.   DIABETES CARE

Pancreatic Steatosis and Its Relationship to  -Cell Dysfunction in Humans: Racial and ethnic variations

(2012) L. S. Szczepaniak et al.   DIABETES CARE

Effects of long-term treatment with the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor vildagliptin on islet endocrine cells in non-obese type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats

(2012) Wataru Inaba et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Formation of a Human β-Cell Population within Pancreatic Islets Is Set Early in Life

(2012) Brigid E. Gregg et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Imaging of insulin factory: Is it just imagination or approaching reality?

(2012) Soroku Yagihashi   Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity on the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in middle-aged Japanese

(2011) Rie Oka et al.   ENDOCRINE JOURNAL

Improvement in Insulin Sensitivity and Β-Cell Function Following Ileal Interposition with Sleeve Gastrectomy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Potential Mechanisms

(2011) Aureo Ludovico De Paula et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Augmented reduction of islet β-cell mass in Goto-Kakizaki rats fed high-fat diet and its suppression by pitavastatin treatment

(2011) Hiroki Mizukami et al.   Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Decreased IRS Signaling Impairs  -Cell Cycle Progression and Survival in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing S6K in  -Cells

(2010) L. Elghazi et al.   DIABETES

 -Cell Growth and Regeneration: Replication Is Only Part of the Story

(2010) S. Bonner-Weir et al.   DIABETES

Adaptive changes in pancreatic beta cell fractional area and beta cell turnover in human pregnancy

(2010) A. E. Butler et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Quantitative analysis of cell composition and purity of human pancreatic islet preparations

(2010) Anna Pisania et al.   LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

γH2AX: a sensitive molecular marker of DNA damage and repair

(2010) L-J Mah et al.   LEUKEMIA

Serotonin regulates pancreatic beta cell mass during pregnancy

(2010) Hail Kim et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes

(2010) Nicholas J. Wareham   Endocrinologia y Nutricion

Autophagy in Ischemic Heart Disease

(2009) Åsa B. Gustafsson et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

The long lifespan and low turnover of human islet beta cells estimated by mathematical modelling of lipofuscin accumulation

(2009) M. Cnop et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Noninvasive imaging of pancreatic β cells

(2009) Willy J. Malaisse et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

ING1a expression increases during replicative senescence and induces a senescent phenotype

(2008) Mohamed A. Soliman et al.   AGING CELL

Autophagy Is Important in Islet Homeostasis and Compensatory Increase of Beta Cell Mass in Response to High-Fat Diet

(2008) Chie Ebato et al.   Cell Metabolism

Molecular Mechanisms and Pathophysiology of Necrotic Cell Death

(2008) Nele Vanlangenakker et al.   CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Ischemic Neuronal Damage

(2008) Era Taoufik et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

pdx-1 function is specifically required in embryonic β cells to generate appropriate numbers of endocrine cell types and maintain glucose homeostasis

(2008) Maureen Gannon et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

 -Cell Replication Is the Primary Mechanism Subserving the Postnatal Expansion of  -Cell Mass in Humans

(2008) J. J. Meier et al.   DIABETES

Pancreatic β-cell mass in European subjects with type 2 diabetes

(2008) J. Rahier et al.   DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM

Analysis of factors influencing pancreatic β-cell function in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: Association with body mass index and duration of diabetic exposure

(2008) Shogo Funakoshi et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Impaired islet turnover in human donor pancreata with aging

(2008) Christina Reers et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY