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ArticleScientific reports2019

AAV GCG-EGFP, a new tool to identify glucagon-secreting α-cells.

Eva Tudurí, Maria M Glavas, Ali Asadi, Robert K Baker, Cara E Ellis, Galina Soukhatcheva, Marjolaine Philit, Frank K Huynh, James D Johnson, C Bruce Verchere and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Eva TuduríDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Maria M GlavasDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Ali AsadiDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Robert K BakerDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Cara E EllisDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Galina SoukhatchevaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Marjolaine PhilitDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Frank K HuynhDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
James D JohnsonDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-9433
C Bruce VerchereDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Timothy J KiefferDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. tim.kieffer@ubc.ca.
University of British Columbia · CABC Children's Hospital · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of primary glucagon-secreting α-cells is hampered by their low abundance and scattered distribution in rodent pancreatic islets. We have designed a double-stranded adeno-associated virus containing a rat proglucagon promoter (700 bp) driving enhanced green fluorescent protein (AAV GCG-EGFP), to specifically identify α-cells. The administration of AAV GCG-EGFP by intraperitoneal or intraductal injection led to EGFP expression selectively in the α-cell population. AAV GCG-EGFP delivery to mice followed by islet isolation, dispersion and separation by FACS for EGFP resulted in an 86% pure population of α-cells. Furthermore, the administration of AAV GCG-EGFP at various doses to adult wild type mice did not significantly alter body weight, blood glucose, plasma insulin or glucagon levels, glucose tolerance or arginine tolerance. In vitro experiments in transgene positive α-cells demonstrated that EGFP expression did not alter the intracellular Ca

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DependovirusGreen Fluorescent ProteinsAnimalsBlood GlucoseBody WeightGlucagonGlucagon-Secreting CellsInsulinIslets of LangerhansMicePromoter Regions, GeneticRatsBlood GlucoseGlucagonGreen Fluorescent ProteinsInsulin

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PMID31346189
PMCPMC6658537
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