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- 2Dai, Feihan F.
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A member of the neuronal Ca2+-sensor protein family visinin-like-protein-1 (vilip-1) is expressed in pancreatic β-cells and regulates insulin secretion and biosynthesis
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Gaisano, Herbert Y., Braunewell, Karl-Heinz, Dai, Feihan F., Chan, Catherine B., Wang, Qinghua, Kang, Youhou, Wheeler, Michael B., Zhang, Yi
Visinin-like protein-1 (VILIP-1) is a member of the neuronal Ca2+ sensor protein family that modulates Ca2+-dependent cell signaling events. VILIP-1, which is expressed primarily in the brain, increases cAMP formation in neural cells by modulating adenylyl cyclase, but its functional role in...
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Limited mitochondrial permeabilization is an early manifestation of palmitate-induced lipotoxicity in pancreatic ß-cells
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Wheeler, Michael B., Chan, Catherine B., Dai, Feihan F., Koshkin, Vasilij, Robson-Doucette, Christine A.
Involvement of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) pore in early stages of lipotoxic stress in the pancreatic β-cell lines MIN6 and INS-1 was the focus of this study. Both long term (indirect) and acute (direct) effects of fatty acid (FA) application on β-cell susceptibility to...