Kelly Monk
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Record Notables, Week of November 21, 2011.... more

Aaron DiAntonio
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Aaron DiAntonio, PhD, professor of developmental biology in the School of Medicine was awarded an Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award by the Graduate Student Senate of Washington University....more

Shin-ichiro Imai
"Natural compound helps reverse diabetes in mice" Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored normal blood sugar metabolism in diabetic mice using a compound the body makes naturally.....more
Voice of America - Diabetes in Lab Mice Reversed with Natural Compound
"The International Diabetes Federation has released data (this week) that indicates the number of people living with diabetes around the world will likely rise from 366 million to 552 million by 2030 if urgent action is not taken." more

Recent Publications

Mascia F, Denning M, Kopan R, Yuspa SH. The Black Box Illuminated: Signals and Signaling. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Dec 15. doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.406. (Link to Article)

Sengupta R, Dubuc A, Ward S, Yang L, Northcott P, Woerner BM, Kroll K, Luo J, Taylor MD, Wechsler-Reya RJ, Rubin JB. CXCR4 activation defines a new subgroup of Sonic Hedgehog driven Medulloblastoma. Cancer Res. 2011 Nov 3. (Link to Article)

Xu XL, Chen S, Grant GA. Kinetic, mutagenic, and structural homology analysis of l-serine dehydratase from Legionella pneumophila. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2011 Nov;515(1-2):28-36. (Link to Article)

Yang KC, Jay PY, McMullen JR, Nerbonne JM. Enhanced Cardiac PI3Kα Signaling Mitigates Arrhythmogenic Electrical Remodeling in Pathological Hypertrophy and Heart Failure. Cardiovasc Res. 2011 Oct 27. (Link to Article)

Strand M, Micchelli CA. Quiescent gastric stem cells maintain the adult Drosophila stomach. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Oct 25;108(43):17696-701. (Link to Article)

Naylor SA, Diantonio A. EGFR signaling modulates synaptic connectivity via Gurken. Dev Neurobiol. 2011 Oct 23. doi: 10.1002/dneu.20992. [Epub ahead of print] (Link to Article)

Yoshino J, Imai S. Mitochondrial SIRT3: A New Potential Therapeutic Target for Metabolic Syndrome. Mol Cell. 2011 Oct 21;44(2):170-1. (Link to Article)

Graf ER, Heerssen HM, Wright CM, Davis GW, Diantonio A. Stathmin is Required for Stability of the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction. J Neurosci. 2011 Oct 19;31(42):15026-34. (Link to Article)

Grant GA. Contrasting catalytic and allosteric mechanisms for phosphoglycerate dehydrogenases. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2011 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]. (Link to Article)

Yoshino J, Mills KF, Yoon MJ, Imai S. Nicotinamide Mononucleotide, a Key NAD(+) Intermediate, Treats the Pathophysiology of Diet- and Age-Induced Diabetes in Mice. Cell Metab. 2011 Oct 5;14(4):528-36. (Link to Article)

Micchelli CA The origin of intestinal stem cells in Drosophila. Dev Dyn. 2011 Oct 3. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.22759. (Link to Article)

Boyle SC, Kim M, Valerius MT, McMahon AP, Kopan R. Notch pathway activation can replace the requirement for Wnt4 and Wnt9b in mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition of nephron stem cells. Development. 2011 Oct;138(19):4245-54. (Link to Article)