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Retinoic acid receptor signaling is required to maintain glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and β-cell mass.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Feb 2015
Brun Pierre-Jacques, Grijalva Ambar, Rausch Richard, Watson Elizabeth, Yuen Jason J, Das Bhaskar C, Shudo Koichi, Kagechika Hiroyuki, Leibel Rudolph L, Blaner William S
Abstract excerpt
Retinoic acid signaling is required for maintaining a range of cellular processes, including cell differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. We investigated the actions of all-trans-retinoic acid (atRA) signaling in pancreatic β-cells of adult mice. atRA signaling was ablated in β-cells by overexpressing a dominant-negative retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-α mutant (RARdn) using an inducible Cre-Lox system under...
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