Partners' publications

1. Souza KL, Gurgul-Convey E, Elsner M, Lenzen S. Interaction between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in insulin-producing cells. J Endocrinol, 197:139-150, 2008 [PubMed]

2. Riboulet-Chavey A, Diraison F, Siew LK, Wong FS, Rutter GA Inhibition of AMP-activated protein kinase protects pancreatic ?-cells from cytokine-mediated apoptosis and CD8+ T-cell induced cytotoxocity. Diabetes, 57:415-23, 2008 [PubMed]

3. Diraison F, Ravier MA, Richards SK, Smith RM, Shimano H, Rutter GA. SREBP1 is required for the induction by glucose of pancreatic ß-cell genes involved in glucose sensing. J Lipid Res, 49:814-22, 2008 [PubMed]

4. Gysemans C, van Etten E, Overbergh L, Giulietti A, Eelen G, Waer M, Verstuyf A, Bouillon R, Mathieu C. Unaltered diabetes presentation in NOD mice lacking the vitamin D receptor. Diabetes, 57: 269-75, 2008 [PubMed]

5. Virtanen I, Banerjee M, Korsgren O, Lukinius A, Kikkawa Y, Sekiguchi K, Hukkanen M Lukinius A, Hukkanen M, Konttinen YT, Otonkoski T. Blood vessels of human islets are surrounded by a double basement membrane. Diabetologia, 51(7):1181-91, 2008 [PubMed]

6. Otonkoski T, Banerjee M, Korsgren O, Thornell LE, Virtanen I, Unique basement membrane structure of human pancreatic islets: Implications for beta cell growth and differentiation. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, “in press”, 2008

7. Tarasov AI, Nicolson T, Riveline J-P, Taneja TK, Baldwin SA, Baldwin J, Charpentier G, Gautier J-F, Froguel P, Vaxillaire M, Rutter GA. A rare mutation in ABCC8/SUR1 leading to altered KATP channel activity and ß-cell glucose sensing is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. Diabetes, 57(6):1595-604, 2008 [PubMed]