April 21, 2020
IBRI RESEARCH PUBLISHED: SUMOylation, a multifaceted regulatory mechanism in the pancreatic beta cells
Abstract
SUMOylation is an evolutionarily conserved post-translational modification (PTM) that regulates protein subcellular localization, stability, conformation, transcription and enzymatic activity. Recent studies indicate that SUMOylation plays a key role...
April 16, 2020
IBRI IN THE NEWS: IBRI Names Scientific Director
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute has named Investigator Decio Eizirik as Scientific Director of the IBRI Diabetes Center. Eizirik will focus on recruiting early career investigators and defining...
April 15, 2020
IBRI Names Decio Eizirik Scientific Director of its IBRI Diabetes Center
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) is pleased to announce that it has named Investigator Decio Eizirik, MD, PhD, Scientific Director of its IBRI Diabetes Center (IDC)....
April 13, 2020
IBRI RESEARCH PUBLISHED: The T1D-associated lncRNA Lnc13 modulates human pancreatic ß cell inflammation by allele-specific stabilization of STAT1 mRNA
The mechanisms by which autoimmunity is amplified in type 1 diabetes (T1D) remain to be clarified, and the lack of this understanding hampers efforts to prevent or arrest the disease....
March 30, 2020
IBRI RESEARCH PUBLISHED: Hypusinated eIF5A is expressed in the pancreas and spleen of individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes
ABSTRACT
The gene encoding eukaryotic initiation factor 5A ( EIF5A ) is found in diabetes-susceptibility loci in mouse and human. eIF5A is the only protein known to contain hypusine...
March 31, 2020
IBRI RESEARCH PUBLISHED: Utilization of Electronic Health Records for the Assessment of Adiponectin Receptor Autoantibodies during the Progression of Cardio-metabolic Comorbidities
ABSTRACT
Background : Diabetes is a complex, multi-symptomatic disease that drives healthcare costs through its complications as the prevalence of this disease grows rapidly world-wide. Real-world electronic health records...
March 05, 2020
RESEARCH PUBLISHED: Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Neuronal Subset Regulates Blood Glucose Independently of Insulin
ABSTRACT
To identify neurons that specifically increase blood glucose from among the diversely-functioning cell types in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN), we studied the cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor-B (CCKBR)-expressing VMN...
February 05, 2020
Developing Beta Cell Imaging Probes to Address Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
One of our newest postdoctoral fellows, Stephane Demine , recently shared with the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) team the benefits of using PET-CT scans. The development of such probes...
January 30, 2020
IBRI RESEARCH PUBLISHED: Exenatide induces frataxin expression and improves mitochondrial function in Friedreich ataxia
Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease with a prevalence of 1/30,000 in Whites. Most patients are homozygous for a GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion in the first intron...
January 29, 2020
How Does Exercise Really Increase Muscle Glucose Uptake?
Associate Research Fellow Carol Witczak, one of the newest members of the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute’s (IBRI) Diabetes Center says, “Yes, but the real question is which facilitative glucose transporter...
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