Manami Hara

Insulin resistance is attenuated in women with polycystic ovary syndrome with the Pro(12)Ala polymorphism in the PPARgamma gene.

Relationship of calpain-10 genotype to phenotypic features of polycystic ovary syndrome.

Transgenic mice with green fluorescent protein-labeled pancreatic beta -cells.

Nestin-lineage cells contribute to the microvasculature but not endocrine cells of the islet.

Extrapancreatic insulin-producing cells in multiple organs in diabetes.

Familial juvenile autoimmune hypothyroidism, pituitary enlargement, obesity, and insulin resistance.

Imaging endoplasmic reticulum calcium with a fluorescent biosensor in transgenic mice.

Association of the (AU)AT-rich element polymorphism in PPP1R3 with hormonal and metabolic features of polycystic ovary syndrome.

A mouse model for studying intrahepatic islet transplantation.

Imaging Beta cell development in real-time using pancreatic explants from mice with green fluorescent protein-labeled pancreatic Beta cells.

Electrophysiological characterization of pancreatic islet cells in the mouse insulin promoter-green fluorescent protein mouse.

The fusion of bone-marrow-derived proinsulin-expressing cells with nerve cells underlies diabetic neuropathy.

High resolution optical imaging of infarction in intact organs.

Imaging pancreatic beta-cells in the intact pancreas.

Insulin regulates islet alpha-cell function by reducing KATP channel sensitivity to adenosine 5'-triphosphate inhibition.

Reversal of diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice without spleen cell-derived beta cell regeneration.

Recovery of islet beta-cell function in streptozotocin- induced diabetic mice: an indirect role for the spleen.

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor increases beta-cell mass and improves glucose tolerance.

Generation of embryonic stem cells from mouse insulin I promoter-green fluorescent protein transgenic mice and characterization in a teratoma model.

Role of HNF-1alpha in regulating the expression of genes involved in cellular growth and proliferation in pancreatic beta-cells.

No mantle formation in rodent islets -- the prototype of islet revisited.

Quantification of pancreatic islet distribution in situ in mice.

Islet formation during the neonatal development in mice.

Islet architecture: A comparative study.

Synthesized basement membranes direct the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into pancreatic lineages.

Pancreatic islet plasticity: interspecies comparison of islet architecture and composition.

Intraislet production of GLP-1 by activation of prohormone convertase 1/3 in pancreatic α-cells in mouse models of ß-cell regeneration.

GSK-3 inactivation or depletion promotes β-cell replication via down regulation of the CDK inhibitor, p27 (Kip1).

Characterization of an in vitro differentiation assay for pancreatic-like cell development from murine embryonic stem cells: detailed gene expression analysis.

Formation of pancreatic islets involves coordinated expansion of small islets and fission of large interconnected islet-like structures.

Coating human pancreatic islets with CD4(+)CD25(high)CD127(-) regulatory T cells as a novel approach for the local immunoprotection.

Altered islet composition and disproportionate loss of large islets in patients with type 2 diabetes.