Insulin and glucagon regulate pancreatic α-cell proliferation.
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...Furthermore, direct attenuation of GCGR signaling in a-cells does not result in increased rates of cell proliferation (35)....
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...miR-338-3p on β cells was mediated through induction of Igf1r, a receptor that seems to not be involved in α cell proliferation (53)....
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..., 2011); rapamycin was found to inhibit alphaTC1 cell proliferation in vitro (Liu et al., 2011); and Everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, was recently approved for the treatment of human pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, including glucagonomas....
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...…in the mTOR pathway have been found in human glucagonomas (Jiao et al., 2011); rapamycin was found to inhibit alphaTC1 cell proliferation in vitro (Liu et al., 2011); and Everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, was recently approved for the treatment of human pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, including…...
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...Interestingly, increasing concentrations of insulin (one consequence of UCP2 deficiency in b-cells) can also increase a-cell proliferation through the insulin-receptor signaling pathway (42)....
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...mTOR, an evolutionarily conserved serine-threonine kinase, interacts with AKT and promotes protein translation and cell growth in response to growth factors [28,29]....
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...mTOR, an evolutionarily conserved serine-threonine kinase, interacts with AKT and promotes protein translation and cell growth in response to growth factors [28,29]....
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...Very interestingly, rapamycin just recently was shown to increase life-span in mice even when given late in life [43] and mTOR inhibitors (or rapalogs that do not have the immunosuppressant effects of rapamycin), are now being explored by companies to extend human life [44]....
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...the number of viable cells in proliferation [22]....
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...It has been reported that mTOR is required for AKT-dependent cell growth in human retinal cells [31] and our data show that insulin activates mTOR in a cells....
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