Search Results - "Scott, Donald K"
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Nrf2: The Master and Captain of Beta Cell Fate
Published in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism (01-01-2021)“…Prolonged hyperglycemia is toxic to pancreatic β cells, generating excessive reactive oxygen species, defective glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, decreased…”
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Replication confers β cell immaturity
Published in Nature communications (02-02-2018)“…Pancreatic β cells are highly specialized to regulate systemic glucose levels by secreting insulin. In adults, increase in β-cell mass is limited due to brakes…”
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Regulation of Pdx1 by oxidative stress and Nrf2 in pancreatic beta-cells
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (15-09-2022)“…The beta-cell identity gene, pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1 ( ), plays critical roles in many aspects of the life of beta-cells including differentiation,…”
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Combined Inhibition of DYRK1A, SMAD, and Trithorax Pathways Synergizes to Induce Robust Replication in Adult Human Beta Cells
Published in Cell metabolism (05-03-2019)“…Small-molecule inhibitors of dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase 1A (DYRK1A) induce human beta cells to proliferate, generating a labeling index of…”
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Depletion of Liver Kupffer Cells Prevents the Development of Diet-Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-02-2010)“…Depletion of Liver Kupffer Cells Prevents the Development of Diet-Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance Wan Huang 1 , Anantha Metlakunta 1 ,…”
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Insights into beta cell regeneration for diabetes via integration of molecular landscapes in human insulinomas
Published in Nature communications (03-10-2017)“…Although diabetes results in part from a deficiency of normal pancreatic beta cells, inducing human beta cells to regenerate is difficult. Reasoning that…”
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T3 and Glucose Coordinately Stimulate ChREBP-Mediated Ucp1 Expression in Brown Adipocytes From Male Mice
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-01-2018)“…Abstract Increasing brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity is regarded as a potential treatment of obese, hyperglycemic patients with metabolic syndrome…”
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Disrupting the DREAM complex enables proliferation of adult human pancreatic β cells
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-08-2022)“…Resistance to regeneration of insulin-producing pancreatic β cells is a fundamental challenge for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Recently, small molecule…”
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Dendritic Cells Promote Macrophage Infiltration and Comprise a Substantial Proportion of Obesity-Associated Increases in CD11c+ Cells in Adipose Tissue and Liver
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-2012)“…Obesity-associated increases in adipose tissue (AT) CD11c(+) cells suggest that dendritic cells (DC), which are involved in the tissue recruitment and…”
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Single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human pancreatic islets identifies novel gene sets and distinguishes β-cell subpopulations with dynamic transcriptome profiles
Published in Genome medicine (01-05-2023)“…Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides valuable insights into human islet cell types and their corresponding stable gene expression profiles. However,…”
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T3 and glucose increase expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK1) leading to increased β-cell proliferation
Published in Molecular metabolism (Germany) (01-12-2022)“…Thyroid hormone (T3) and high glucose concentrations are critical components of β-cell maturation and function. In the present study, we asked whether T3 and…”
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Transcriptional regulation of human dual specificity protein phosphatase 1 (DUSP1) gene by glucocorticoids
Published in PloS one (29-10-2010)“…Glucocorticoids are potent anti-inflammatory agents commonly used to treat inflammatory diseases. They convey signals through the intracellular glucocorticoid…”
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Maladaptive positive feedback production of ChREBPβ underlies glucotoxic β-cell failure
Published in Nature communications (30-07-2022)“…Preservation and expansion of β-cell mass is a therapeutic goal for diabetes. Here we show that the hyperactive isoform of carbohydrate response-element…”
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Aberrant methylation underlies insulin gene expression in human insulinoma
Published in Nature communications (15-10-2020)“…Human insulinomas are rare, benign, slowly proliferating, insulin-producing beta cell tumors that provide a molecular “recipe” or “roadmap” for pathways that…”
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Author Correction: Maladaptive positive feedback production of ChREBPβ underlies glucotoxic β-cell failure
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Transcriptional activation of the Myc gene by glucose in β-cells requires a ChREBP-dependent 3-D chromatin interaction between the Myc and Pvt1 genes
Published in Molecular metabolism (Germany) (01-01-2024)“…All forms of diabetes result from insufficient functional β-cell mass. Thus, achieving the therapeutic goal of expanding β-cell mass requires a better…”
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Pharmacological blockade of the EP3 prostaglandin E2 receptor in the setting of type 2 diabetes enhances β-cell proliferation and identity and relieves oxidative damage
Published in Molecular metabolism (Germany) (01-12-2021)“…Type 2 diabetes is characterized by hyperglycemia and inflammation. Prostaglandin E2, which signals through four G protein-coupled receptors (EP1-4), is a…”
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MPI depletion enhances O-GlcNAcylation of p53 and suppresses the Warburg effect
Published in eLife (23-06-2017)“…Rapid cellular proliferation in early development and cancer depends on glucose metabolism to fuel macromolecule biosynthesis. Metabolic enzymes are presumed…”
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Mechanisms by which the thiazolidinedione troglitazone protects against sucrose‐induced hepatic fat accumulation and hyperinsulinaemia
Published in British journal of pharmacology (01-01-2016)“…Background and Purpose Thiazolidinediones (TZD) are known to ameliorate fatty liver in type 2 diabetes. To date, the underlying mechanisms of their hepatic…”
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DNA methylation alters transcriptional rates of differentially expressed genes and contributes to pathophysiology in mice fed a high fat diet
Published in Molecular metabolism (Germany) (01-04-2017)“…Abstract Objective Overnutrition can alter gene expression patterns through epigenetic mechanisms that may persist through generations. However, it is less…”
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