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Lynda Elghazi

Researcher at University of Michigan

Publications -  36
Citations -  3093

Lynda Elghazi is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Insulin resistance & PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 34 publications receiving 2831 citations. Previous affiliations of Lynda Elghazi include St. Jude Children's Research Hospital & French Institute of Health and Medical Research.

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Ghrelin cells replace insulin-producing β cells in two mouse models of pancreas development

TL;DR: It is proposed that insulin and ghrelin cells share a common progenitor and that Nkx2.2 and Pax4 are required to specify or maintain differentiation of the beta cell fate.
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Akt Induces β-Cell Proliferation by Regulating Cyclin D1, Cyclin D2, and p21 Levels and Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-4 Activity

TL;DR: The experiments suggest that Akt induces beta-cell proliferation in a cdk4-dependent manner by regulation of cyclin D1, cyclinD2, and p21 levels, and indicate that alteration in levels of these cell cycle components could affect the maintenance of beta- cell mass in basal states and the adaptation of Beta-cells to pathological states resulting in diabetes.
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Disruption of Tsc2 in pancreatic β cells induces β cell mass expansion and improved glucose tolerance in a TORC1-dependent manner

TL;DR: A critical role is uncovered for the Tsc2/mTOR pathway in regulation of β cell mass and carbohydrate metabolism in vivo and inhibition of the mTOR/Raptor (TORC1) complex with rapamycin treatment suggests that TORC1 mediates proliferative and growth signals induced by deletion of T sc2 in β cells.
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Neurofibromatosis-1 Regulates Neuronal and Glial Cell Differentiation from Neuroglial Progenitors In Vivo by Both cAMP- and Ras-Dependent Mechanisms

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that neurofibromin is required for normal glial and neuronal development involving separable Ras-dependent and cAMP-dependent mechanisms.