Riccardo Perfetti

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1 Glucagon-like peptide 1 inhibits cell apoptosis and improves glucose responsiveness of freshly isolated human islets. Endocrinology 2003 3.93
2 Glucagon-like peptide-1 promotes islet cell growth and inhibits apoptosis in Zucker diabetic rats. Endocrinology 2002 2.13
3 Glucagon-like peptide-1 inhibits apoptosis of insulin-secreting cells via a cyclic 5'-adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase A- and a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent pathway. Endocrinology 2003 1.68
4 Gene expression profiling of cultured human islet preparations. Diabetes Technol Ther 2004 1.42
5 GLP-1 receptor agonists are growth and differentiation factors for pancreatic islet beta cells. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2003 1.33
6 Pancreas duodenum homeobox-1 regulates pancreas development during embryogenesis and islet cell function in adulthood. Eur J Endocrinol 2002 1.28
7 Fatty acid translocase (FAT/CD36) is localized on insulin-containing granules in human pancreatic beta-cells and mediates fatty acid effects on insulin secretion. Diabetes 2005 1.24
8 Adenovirus-mediated XIAP gene transfer reverses the negative effects of immunosuppressive drugs on insulin secretion and cell viability of isolated human islets. Diabetes 2005 0.97
9 The short half-life of glucagon-like peptide-1 in plasma does not reflect its long-lasting beneficial effects. Eur J Endocrinol 2002 0.96
10 Role of caspases in the regulation of apoptotic pancreatic islet beta-cells death. J Cell Physiol 2004 0.96
11 GLP-1 inhibition of pancreatic islet cell apoptosis. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2003 0.93
12 Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model of subcutaneous adipose 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) activity after oral administration of AMG 221, a selective 11β-HSD1 inhibitor. J Clin Pharmacol 2010 0.93
13 Structure and function studies of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1): the designing of a novel pharmacological agent for the treatment of diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2005 0.93
14 3,5,3'-Triiodo-L-thyronine enhances the differentiation of a human pancreatic duct cell line (hPANC-1) towards a beta-cell-Like phenotype. J Cell Physiol 2005 0.91
15 Pancreatic beta-cells expressing GLP-1 are resistant to the toxic effects of immunosuppressive drugs. J Mol Endocrinol 2005 0.87
16 Hepatocyte growth factor protects rat RINm5F cell line against free fatty acid-induced apoptosis by counteracting oxidative stress. J Mol Endocrinol 2007 0.86
17 GLP-1 stimulates glucose-derived de novo fatty acid synthesis and chain elongation during cell differentiation and insulin release. J Lipid Res 2003 0.79
18 SWEET--where are we heading with international type 1 diabetes registries? Pediatr Diabetes 2012 0.79
19 Insulin and glucose regulate the expression of the DNA repair enzyme XPD. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2003 0.78
20 Transfection of pancreatic-derived beta-cells with a minigene encoding for human glucagon-like peptide-1 regulates glucose-dependent insulin synthesis and secretion. Endocrinology 2002 0.77
21 The role of GLP-1 in the regulation of islet cell mass. Cell Biochem Biophys 2004 0.77
22 Novel strategies for the pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2004 0.75