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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

SMAD7 enhances adult β-cell proliferation without significantly affecting β-cell function in mice.

Anuradha Sehrawat, Chiyo Shiota, Nada Mohamed, Julia DiNicola, Mohamed Saleh, Ranjeet Kalsi, Ting Zhang, Yan Wang, Krishna Prasadan, George K Gittes

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anuradha SehrawatDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.
Chiyo ShiotaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.
Nada MohamedDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.
Julia DiNicolaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.
Mohamed SalehDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.
Ranjeet KalsiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.
Ting ZhangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.
Yan WangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.ORCID 0000-0001-7816-6121
Krishna PrasadanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224.ORCID 0000-0001-8559-2057
George K GittesDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224 gittesgk@upmc.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY &DIABETEST32DK007729 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MUZUMDAR, RADHIKA HIREN · 1995 to 2020
$3.3M
EGF and TGF-β signaling synergy in β-cell proliferationR01DK111460 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GITTES, GEORGE K. · 2016 to 2018
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111460NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interplay between the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling proteins, SMAD family member 2 (SMAD2) and 3 (SMAD3), and the TGF-β-inhibiting SMAD, SMAD7, seems to play a vital role in proper pancreatic endocrine development and also in normal β-cell function in adult pancreatic islets. Here, we generated conditional SMAD7 knockout mice by crossing insulin1

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Cell ProliferationAnimalsFemaleGlucoseInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsInsulin SecretionMaleMiceMice, KnockoutSignal TransductionSmad7 ProteinSweetening AgentsTransforming Growth Factor betaGlucoseIns1 protein, mouseInsulinSmad7 ProteinSmad7 protein, mouseSweetening AgentsTransforming Growth Factor betabeta cellbeta cell (B-cell)cell proliferationcell signalingdiabetesendocrine developmentgene regulationglucose homeostasisglucose metabolismpancreatic isletSMAD7SMAD transcription factortransforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)

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PMID32122971
PMCPMC7152751
OpenAlexW3010607515

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