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The year 2023 marks 100 years since publication of the first report of a hyperglycemic factor in pancreatic extracts which C P Kimball and John R Murlin named glucagon (from GLUCose AGONist). Glucagon has a range of profound effects on metabolism including, but not limited to, stimulation of hepatic glucose production. Dysregulation of glucagon secretion is a key feature of both major forms of diabetes, leading to the concept that diabetes is a bihormonal disorder. Still, the work to fully understand the production and biological effects of glucagon has proceeded at a slower pace compared to that of insulin. A recent resurgence of interest in the islet alpha (α) cell, the predominant site of glucagon production, has been facilitated in part by technological innovations. This work has led to significant developments in the field, from defining how alpha cells develop and how glucagon secretion from pancreatic alpha cells is regulated to determining the role of glucagon in metabolic homeostasis and the progression of both major forms of diabetes. In addition, glucagon is considered to be a promising target for diabetes therapy, with many new potential applications arising from research in this field. This collection of reviews, led by Guest Editors James Cantley, Vincent Poitout and Rebecca Hull-Meichle, is intended to capture the field's current understanding of glucagon and alpha cell biology, as well stimulate additional interest and research on this important hormone.
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- James Cantley
- Division of Systems Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, UK
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- Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Research and Development Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Kryukov AI, Tovmasyan AS. [To the 100th anniversary of the academician B.S. Preobrazhensky Department of otorhinolaryngology of Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University]. Vestn Otorinolaringol 2020; 84:6-10. [PMID: 32027315 DOI: 10.17116/otorino2019840616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This article is concerned with 100 years of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology named after academician B.S. Preobrazhensky of N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University.
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- A I Kryukov
- The Sverzhevskiy's Research clinical Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow, Russia, 117152; Department of otorhinolaryngology n.a. B.S. Preobrazhensky medical faculty of N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia, 117997, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- The Sverzhevskiy's Research clinical Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow, Russia, 117152
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Mashkova TA, Bakulina LS, Nerovny AI, Maltsev AB. [On the 100th anniversary of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University]. Vestn Otorinolaringol 2020; 85:93-100. [PMID: 32885646 DOI: 10.17116/otorino20208504193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The article is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University.
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- T A Mashkova
- Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Voronezh, Russia
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- Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Voronezh, Russia
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Moon HG, Jang YS, Cho C, Lee J, Binkley R, Lee SY. One hundred years of clostridial butanol fermentation. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2016; 363:fnw001. [PMID: 26738754 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Butanol has been widely used as an important industrial solvent and feedstock for chemical production. Also, its superior fuel properties compared with ethanol make butanol a good substitute for gasoline. Butanol can be efficiently produced by the genus Clostridium through the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation, one of the oldest industrial fermentation processes. Butanol production via industrial fermentation has recently gained renewed interests as a potential solution to increasing pressure of climate change and environmental problems by moving away from fossil fuel consumption and moving toward renewable raw materials. Great advances over the last 100 years are now reviving interest in bio-based butanol production. However, several challenges to industrial production of butanol still need to be overcome, such as overall cost competitiveness and development of higher performance strains with greater butanol tolerance. This minireview revisits the past 100 years of remarkable achievements made in fermentation technologies, product recovery processes, and strain development in clostridial butanol fermentation through overcoming major technical hurdles.
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- Hyeon Gi Moon
- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technololgy (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technololgy (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea BioProces Engineering Research Center, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technololgy (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technololgy (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea BioProces Engineering Research Center, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technololgy (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technololgy (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea BioProces Engineering Research Center, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea Bioinformatics Research Center, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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