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letters to nature
Glucose transporter recycling in response to insulin is facilitated by myosin Myo1c
Avirup Bose, Adilson Guilherme, Stacey I. Robida, Sarah M. C. Nicoloro, Qiong L. Zhou, Zhen Y. Jiang, Darcy P. Pomerleau and Michael P. Czech
Nature 420, 821–824
(19 December 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01246
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β cells are responsible for CXCR3-mediated T-cell infiltration in insulitis
Simona Frigerio, Tobias Junt, Bao Lu, Craig Gerard, Urs Zumsteg, Georg A. Holländer and Luca Piali
Nature Medicine 8, 1414–1420
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nm792
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Hypothalamic insulin signaling is required for inhibition of glucose production
Silvana Obici, Bei B. Zhang, George Karkanias and Luciano Rossetti
Nature Medicine 8, 1376–1382
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nm798
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letters to nature
A central role for JNK in obesity and insulin resistance
Jiro Hirosumi, Gürol Tuncman, Lufen Chang, Cem Z. Görgün, K. Teoman Uysal, Kazuhisa Maeda, Michael Karin and Gökhan S. Hotamisligil
Nature 420, 333–336
(21 November 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01137
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Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase
T. Yamauchi, J. Kamon, Y. Minokoshi, Y. Ito, H. Waki, S. Uchida, S. Yamashita, M. Noda, S. Kita, K. Ueki, K. Eto, Y. Akanuma, P. Froguel, F. Foufelle, P. Ferre, D. Carling, S. Kimura, R. Nagai, B.B. Kahn and T. Kadowaki
Nature Medicine 8, 1288–1295
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nm788
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A futile metabolic cycle activated in adipocytes by antidiabetic agents
Hong-Ping Guan, Yong Li, Mette Valentin Jensen, Christopher B. Newgard, Claire M. Steppan and Mitchell A. Lazar
Nature Medicine 8, 1122–1128
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nm780
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Regulation of insulin action and pancreatic β-cell function by mutated alleles of the gene encoding forkhead transcription factor Foxo1
Jun Nakae, William H. Biggs, III Tadahiro Kitamura, Webster K. Cavenee, Christopher V.E. Wright, Karen C. Arden and Domenico Accili
Nature Genetics 32, 245–253
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/ng890
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review article
Structural biology of insulin and IGF1 receptors: implications for drug design
Pierre De Meyts and Jonathan Whittaker
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 1, 769–783
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nrd917
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review article
Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors for diabetes
Theodore O. Johnson, Jacques Ermolieff and Michael R. Jirousek
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 1, 696–709
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nrd895
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TSC2 is phosphorylated and inhibited by Akt and suppresses mTOR signalling
Ken Inoki, Yong Li, Tianquan Zhu, Jun Wu and Kun-Liang Guan
Nature Cell Biology 4, 648–657
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb839
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Akt regulates growth by directly phosphorylating Tsc2
Christopher J. Potter, Laura G. Pedraza and Tian Xu
Nature Cell Biology 4, 658–665
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb840
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brief communication
Tsc tumour suppressor proteins antagonize amino-acid-TOR signalling
Xinsheng Gao, Yong Zhang, Peter Arrazola, Okio Hino, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Raymond S. Yeung, Binggeng Ru and Duojia Pan
Nature Cell Biology 4, 699–704
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb847
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TSC1-TSC2: a complex tale of PKB-mediated S6K regulation
Edward J. McManus and Dario R. Alessi
Nature Cell Biology 4, E214
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb0902-e214
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review article
Genetic approaches to studying energy balance: perception and integration
Gregory S. Barsh and Michael W. Schwartz
Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 589–600
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nrg862
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Antidepressant, anxiolytic and anorectic effects of a melanin-concentrating hormone-1 receptor antagonist
Beth Borowsky, Margaret M. Durkin, Kristine Ogozalek, Mohammad R. Marzabadi, John DeLeon, Rainer Heurich, Harvey Lichtblau, Zoya Shaposhnik, Irena Daniewska, Thomas P. Blackburn, Theresa A. Branchek, Christophe Gerald, Pierre J. Vaysse and Carlos Forray
Nature Medicine 8, 825–830
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nm741
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Rats lighten up with MCH antagonist
Michael W. Schwartz and Richard W. Gelling
Nature Medicine 8, 779–781
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nm0802-779
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Digenic inheritance of severe insulin resistance in a human pedigree
David B. Savage, Maura Agostini, Inês Barroso, Mark Gurnell, Jian'an Luan, Aline Meirhaeghe, Anne-Helen Harding, Gudrun Ihrke, Odelia Rajanayagam, Maria A. Soos, Stella George, Dirk Berger, E. Louise Thomas, Jimmy D. Bell, Karim Meeran, Richard J. Ross, Antonio Vidal-Puig, Nicholas J. Wareham, Stephen O'Rahilly, V. Krishna K. Chatterjee and Alan J. Schafer
Nature Genetics 31, 379–384
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/ng926
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letters to nature
Gut hormone PYY3-36 physiologically inhibits food intake
Rachel L. Batterham, Michael A. Cowley , Caroline J. Small, Herbert Herzog, Mark A. Cohen, Catherine L. Dakin, Alison M. Wren, Audrey E. Brynes, Malcolm J. Low, Mohammad A. Ghatei, Roger D. Cone and Stephen R. Bloom
Nature 418, 650–654
(8 August 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00887
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news and views
Obesity: Keeping hunger at bay
Michael W. Schwartz and Gregory J. Morton Many different hormones control our weight and appetite. The discovery of another hormone, which suppresses appetite for up to 12 hours, may lead to a better understanding of this complex control system.
Nature 418, 595–597
(8 August 2002); doi:10.1038/418595a
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Cblb is a major susceptibility gene for rat type 1 diabetes mellitus
Norihide Yokoi, Kajuro Komeda, He-Yao Wang, Hideki Yano, Kazuhiro Kitada, Yuka Saitoh, Yutaka Seino, Kazuki Yasuda, Tadao Serikawa and Susumu Seino
Nature Genetics 31, 391–394
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/ng927
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brief communication
A phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-phosphodiesterase 3B-cyclic AMP pathway in hypothalamic action of leptin on feeding
Allan Z. Zhao, Jjing-Ning Huan, Sandhya Gupta, Rekha Pal and Abhiram Sahu
Nature Neuroscience 5, 727–728
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nn885
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Diet-induced insulin resistance in mice lacking adiponectin/ACRP30
Norikazu Maeda, Iichiro Shimomura, Ken Kishida, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Morihiro Matsuda, Hiroyuki Nagaretani, Naoki Furuyama, Hidehiko Kondo, Masahiko Takahashi, Yukio Arita, Ryutaro Komuro, Noriyuki Ouchi, Shinji Kihara, Yoshihiro Tochino, Keiichi Okutomi, Masato Horie, Satoshi Takeda, Toshifumi Aoyama, Tohru Funahashi and Yuji Matsuzawa
Nature Medicine 8, 731–737
(July 2002); doi:10.1038/nm724
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Inhibition of gastric inhibitory polypeptide signaling prevents obesity
Kazumasa Miyawaki, Yuichiro Yamada, Nobuhiro Ban, Yu Ihara, Katsushi Tsukiyama, Heying Zhou, Shimpei Fujimoto, Akira Oku, Kinsuke Tsuda, Shinya Toyokuni, Hiroshi Hiai, Wataru Mizunoya, Tohru Fushiki, Jens Juul Holst, Mitsuhiro Makino, Akira Tashita, Yukari Kobara, Yoshiharu Tsubamoto, Takayoshi Jinnouchi, Takahito Jomori and Yutaka Seino
Nature Medicine 8, 738–742
(July 2002); doi:10.1038/nm727
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review article
Organogenesis: Pancreatic organogenesis — developmental mechanisms and implications for therapy
Helena Edlund
Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 524–532
(July 2002); doi:10.1038/nrg841
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Decreasing hypothalamic insulin receptors causes hyperphagia and insulin resistance in rats
Silvana Obici, Zhaohui Feng, George Karkanias, Denis G. Baskin and Luciano Rossetti
Nature Neuroscience 5, 566–572
(June 2002); doi:10.1038/nn861
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letters to nature
Transcription coactivator TRAP220 is required for PPARg2-stimulated adipogenesis
Kai Ge, Mohamed Guermah, Chao-Xing Yuan, Mitsuhiro Ito, Annika E. Wallberg, Bruce M. Spiegelman and Robert G. Roeder
Nature 417, 563–567
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/417563a
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β-cell-specific deletion of the Igf1 receptor leads to hyperinsulinemia and glucose intolerance but does not alter β-cell mass
Rohit N. Kulkarni, Martin Holzenberger, David Q. Shih, Umut Ozcan, Markus Stoffel, Mark A. Magnuson and C. Ronald Kahn
Nature Genetics 31, 111–115
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/ng872
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Targeted pharmacological depletion of serum amyloid P component for treatment of human amyloidosis
M. B. Pepys, J. Herbert, W. L. Hutchinson, G. A. Tennent, H. J. Lachmann, J. R. Gallimore, L. B. Lovat, T. Bartfai, A. Alanine, C. Hertel, T. Hoffmann, R. Jakob-Roetne, R. D. Norcross, J. A. Kemp, K. Yamamura, M. Suzuki, G. W. Taylor, S. Murray, D. Thompson, A. Purvis, S. Kolstoe, S. P. Wood and P. N. Hawkins
Nature 417, 254–259
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/417254a
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news and views
Amyloid diseases: Small drugs lead the attack
Leslie Iversen
Nature 417, 231–233
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/417231a
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Pbx1 inactivation disrupts pancreas development and in Ipf1-deficient mice promotes diabetes mellitus
Seung K. Kim, Licia Selleri, Joon S. Lee, Andrew Y. Zhang, Xueying Gu, Yakop Jacobs and Michael L. Cleary
Nature Genetics 30, 430–435
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/ng860
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news and views
Block the FAS, lose the fat
Charles V. Mobbs and Hideo Makimura
Nature Medicine 8, 335–336
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/nm0402-335
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Type 1 diabetes: virus infection or autoimmune disease?
DeLisa Fairweather and Noel R. Rose
Nature Immunology 3, 338–340
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/ni0402-338
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Target cell defense prevents the development of diabetes after viral infection
Malin Flodström, Amy Maday, Deepika Balakrishna, Mary Malo Cleary, Akihiko Yoshimura and Nora Sarvetnick
Nature Immunology 3, 373–382
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/ni771
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Down-regulation of diabetogenic CD4+ T cells by a soluble dimeric peptide-MHC class II chimera
Sofia Casares, Alicia Hurtado, Robert C. McEvoy, Adelaida Sarukhan, Harald von Boehmer and Teodor-Doru Brumeanu
Nature Immunology 3, 383–391
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/ni770
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review article
OBESITY THERAPY: ALTERING THE ENERGY INTAKE-AND-EXPENDITURE BALANCE SHEET
Vivion E. F. Crowley, Giles S. H. Yeo and Stephen O'Rahilly
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 1, 276–286
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/nrd770
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review article
REGULATED TRANSPORT OF THE GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER GLUT4
Nia J. Bryant, Roland Govers and David E. James
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 3, 267–277
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/nrm782
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letters to nature
Dissecting glucose signalling with diversity-oriented synthesis and small-molecule microarrays
Finny G. Kuruvilla, Alykhan F. Shamji, Scott M. Sternson, Paul J. Hergenrother and Stuart L. Schreiber
Nature 416, 653–657
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/416653a
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CEACAM1 regulates insulin clearance in liver
Matthew N. Poy, Yan Yang, Khadijeh Rezaei, Mats A. Fernström, Abraham D. Lee, Yoshiaki Kido, Sandra K. Erickson and Sonia M. Najjar
Nature Genetics 30, 270–276
(March 2002); doi:10.1038/ng840
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Increased insulin sensitivity despite lipodystrophy in Crebbp heterozygous mice
Toshimasa Yamauchi, Yuichi Oike, Junji Kamon, Hironori Waki, Kajuro Komeda, Atsuko Tsuchida, Yukari Date, Meng-Xian Li, Hiroshi Miki, Yasuo Akanuma, Ryozo Nagai, Satoshi Kimura, Takeyori Saheki, Masamitsu Nakazato, Takeshi Naitoh, Kenichi Yamamura and Takashi Kadowaki
Nature Genetics 30, 221–226
(February 2002); doi:10.1038/ng829
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Interleukin-6-deficient mice develop mature-onset obesity
Ville Wallenius, Kristina Wallenius, Bo Ahrén, Mats Rudling, Hans Carlsten, Suzanne L. Dickson, Claes Ohlsson and John-Olov Jansson
Nature Medicine 8, 75–79
(January 2002); doi:10.1038/nm0102-75
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news and views
Diabetes: Fat in all the wrong places
Jeffrey Friedman
Nature 415, 268–269
(January 2002); doi:10.1038/415268a
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letters to nature
Leptin stimulates fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase
Yasuhiko Minokoshi, Young-Bum Kim, Odile D. Peroni, Lee G. D. Fryer, Corinna Müller, David Carling and Barbara B. Kahn
Nature 415, 339–343
(January 2002); doi:10.1038/415339a
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