Laura Cristina Alonso MD
Title Associate Professor
Institution University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department Medicine
Division Diabetes
Address University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester MA 01605
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Publications
1. Lee EJ, Alonso LC, Stefanovski D, Strollo HC, Romano LC, Zou B, Singamsetty S, Yester KA, McGaffin KR, Garcia-Ocana A, O'Donnell CP. Time-dependent changes in glucose and insulin regulation during intermittent hypoxia and continuous hypoxia. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2013 Feb; 113(2):467-78.
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2. Metukuri MR, Zhang P, Basantani MK, Chin C, Stamateris RE, Alonso LC, Takane KK, Gramignoli R, Strom SC, O'Doherty RM, Stewart AF, Vasavada RC, Garcia-Ocaña A, Scott DK. ChREBP Mediates Glucose-Stimulated Pancreatic ß-Cell Proliferation. Diabetes. 2012 Aug; 61(8):2004-15.
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3. Demirci C, Ernst S, Alvarez-Perez JC, Rosa T, Valle S, Shridhar V, Casinelli GP, Alonso LC, Vasavada RC, García-Ocana A. Loss of HGF/c-Met Signaling in Pancreatic ß-Cells Leads to Incomplete Maternal ß-Cell Adaptation and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes. 2012 May; 61(5):1143-52.
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4. Alonso LC, Watanabe Y, Stefanovski D, Lee EJ, Singamsetty S, Romano LC, Zou B, Garcia-Ocaña A, Bergman RN, O'Donnell CP. Simultaneous measurement of insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion, and the disposition index in conscious unhandled mice. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jul; 20(7):1403-12.
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5. Pascoe J, Hollern D, Stamateris R, Abbasi M, Romano LC, Zou B, O'Donnell CP, Garcia-Ocana A, Alonso LC. Free Fatty Acids Block Glucose-Induced ß-Cell Proliferation in Mice by Inducing Cell Cycle Inhibitors p16 and p18. Diabetes. 2012 Mar; 61(3):632-41.
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6. Velazquez-Garcia S, Valle S, Rosa TC, Takane KK, Demirci C, Alvarez-Perez JC, Mellado-Gil JM, Ernst S, Scott DK, Vasavada RC, Alonso LC, Garcia-Ocaña A. Activation of protein kinase C-? in pancreatic ß-cells in vivo improves glucose tolerance and induces ß-cell expansion via mTOR activation. Diabetes. 2011 Oct; 60(10):2546-59.
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7. Mellado-Gil J, Rosa TC, Demirci C, Gonzalez-Pertusa JA, Velazquez-Garcia S, Ernst S, Valle S, Vasavada RC, Stewart AF, Alonso LC, Garcia-Ocaña A. Disruption of hepatocyte growth factor/c-Met signaling enhances pancreatic beta-cell death and accelerates the onset of diabetes. Diabetes. 2011 Feb; 60(2):525-36.
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8. Levitt HE, Cyphert TJ, Pascoe JL, Hollern DA, Abraham N, Lundell RJ, Rosa T, Romano LC, Zou B, O'Donnell CP, Stewart AF, Garcia-Ocaña A, Alonso LC. Glucose stimulates human beta cell replication in vivo in islets transplanted into NOD-severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice. Diabetologia. 2011 Mar; 54(3):572-82.
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9. Woodske ME, Yokoe T, Zou B, Romano LC, Rosa TC, Garcia-Ocana A, Alonso LC, O'Donnell CP, McVerry BJ. Hyperinsulinemia predicts survival in a hyperglycemic mouse model of critical illness. Crit Care Med. 2009 Sep; 37(9):2596-603.
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10. Yokoe T, Alonso LC, Romano LC, Rosa TC, O'Doherty RM, Garcia-Ocana A, Minoguchi K, O'Donnell CP. Intermittent hypoxia reverses the diurnal glucose rhythm and causes pancreatic beta-cell replication in mice. J Physiol. 2008 Feb 1; 586(3):899-911.
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11. Alonso LC, Yokoe T, Zhang P, Scott DK, Kim SK, O'Donnell CP, Garcia-Ocaña A. Glucose infusion in mice: a new model to induce beta-cell replication. Diabetes. 2007 Jul; 56(7):1792-801.
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12. Iiyori N, Alonso LC, Li J, Sanders MH, Garcia-Ocana A, O'Doherty RM, Polotsky VY, O'Donnell CP. Intermittent hypoxia causes insulin resistance in lean mice independent of autonomic activity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr 15; 175(8):851-7.
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13. Alonso L, Fuchs E. The hair cycle. J Cell Sci. 2006 Feb 1; 119(Pt 3):391-3.
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14. Alonso L, Okada H, Pasolli HA, Wakeham A, You-Ten AI, Mak TW, Fuchs E. Sgk3 links growth factor signaling to maintenance of progenitor cells in the hair follicle. J Cell Biol. 2005 Aug 15; 170(4):559-70.
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15. Kobielak K, Pasolli HA, Alonso L, Polak L, Fuchs E. Defining BMP functions in the hair follicle by conditional ablation of BMP receptor IA. J Cell Biol. 2003 Nov 10; 163(3):609-23.
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16. Alonso L, Fuchs E. Stem cells of the skin epithelium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Sep 30; 100 Suppl 1:11830-5.
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17. Alonso L, Fuchs E. Stem cells in the skin: waste not, Wnt not. Genes Dev. 2003 May 15; 17(10):1189-200.
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18. Alonso LC, Rosenfield RL. Molecular genetic and endocrine mechanisms of hair growth. Horm Res. 2003; 60(1):1-13.
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19. Alonso LC, Rosenfield RL. Oestrogens and puberty. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Mar; 16(1):13-30.
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