Glucagon Couples Hepatic Amino Acid Catabolism to mTOR-Dependent Regulation of α-Cell Mass

Understanding the regulation of islet cell mass has important implications for the discovery of regenerative therapies for diabetes. The liver plays a central role in metabolism and the regulation of endocrine cell number, but liver-derived factors that regulate α-cell and β-cell mass remain unident...

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Main Authors: Mark J. Solloway, Azadeh Madjidi, Chunyan Gu, Jeff Eastham-Anderson, Holly J. Clarke, Noelyn Kljavin, Jose Zavala-Solorio, Lance Kates, Brad Friedman, Matt Brauer, Jianyong Wang, Oliver Fiehn, Ganesh Kolumam, Howard Stern, John B. Lowe, Andrew S. Peterson, Bernard B. Allan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124715006464