Diabetes
Recent findings from Kobe University, Medical Department highlight research in diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 13th, 2009
"Components of insulin/IGF-1 receptor-mediated signaling pathways in pancreatic beta-cells have been implicated in the development of diabetes, in part through the regulation of beta-cell mass. the protein Ras homolog in vivo. Studies in vitro have shown that, enriched in brain (Rheb) plays a key role as a positive upstream regulator of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway in integrating inputs from nutrients and growth factors for cell growth," investigators in Kobe, Japan report.
"Our objective was to investigate the role of the mTORC1 pathway in the regulation of beta-cell mass in vivo. We generated transgenic mice that, overexpress Rheb in...
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