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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark O. Huising is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on Surgery; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Molecular Biology; Genetics; and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work centers around topics related to pancreatic function and diabetes, with extensive coverage in areas including Diabetes and associated disorders, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Diabetes Management and Research, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Diet, Metabolism, and Disease, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Mark O. Huising has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Paracrine regulation of insulin secretion (2020, Diabetologia)
  • A beta cell subset with enhanced insulin secretion and glucose metabolism is reduced in type 2 diabetes (2023, Nature Cell Biology)
  • Free fatty acid receptor 4 inhibitory signaling in delta cells regulates islet hormone secretion in mice (2021, Molecular Metabolism)
  • Paracrine signalling by pancreatic δ cells determines the glycaemic set point in mice (2024, Nature Metabolism)
  • Restoring normal islet mass and function in type 1 diabetes through regenerative medicine and tissue engineering (2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Alex M. Mawla, Julien Ghislain, Vincent Poitout, Talitha van der Meulen, and Marcus F. Flisher.

Mark O. Huising has published regularly in several journals, with the most frequent venues being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes, Canadian Journal of Diabetes, Diabetologia, and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In recognition of professional achievements, the scientist was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive alpha, beta and delta cell transcriptomes reveal that ghrelin selectively activates delta cells and promotes somatostatin release from pancreatic islets

    Michael R. DiGruccio;Alex M. Mawla;Cynthia J. Donaldson;Glyn M. Noguchi

  • CRF and stress in fish.

    Gert Flik;Peter H.M. Klaren;Erwin H. Van den Burg;Juriaan R. Metz

  • The transcriptional landscape of mouse beta cells compared to human beta cells reveals notable species differences in long non-coding RNA and protein-coding gene expression.

    Christopher Benner;Talitha van der Meulen;Elena Cacéres;Kristof Tigyi

  • Increased Leptin Expression in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) after Food Intake But Not after Fasting or Feeding to Satiation

    Mark O. Huising;Mark O. Huising;Edwin J. W. Geven;Corine P. Kruiswijk;Sander B. Nabuurs

  • Phylogeny and evolution of class-I helical cytokines.

    Mark O Huising;Corine P Kruiswijk;Gert Flik

  • Urocortin3 mediates somatostatin-dependent negative feedback control of insulin secretion

    Talitha van der Meulen;Cynthia J Donaldson;Elena Cáceres;Anna E Hunter

  • Two divergent leptin paralogues in zebrafish (Danio rerio) that originate early in teleostean evolution.

    Marnix Gorissen;Nicholas J Bernier;Sander B Nabuurs;Gert Flik

  • TRPV1 Pain Receptors Regulate Longevity and Metabolism by Neuropeptide Signaling

    Céline E. Riera;Céline E. Riera;Céline E. Riera;Mark O. Huising;Patricia Follett;Patricia Follett;Mathias Leblanc

  • The molecular evolution of the interleukin-1 family of cytokines; IL-18 in teleost fish

    Mark O Huising;René J M Stet;Huub F J Savelkoul;B M Lidy Verburg-van Kemenade

  • The somatostatin-secreting pancreatic δ-cell in health and disease

    Patrik Rorsman;Patrik Rorsman;Mark O. Huising;Mark O. Huising

  • Structural characterisation of a cyprinid (Cyprinus carpio L.) CRH, CRH-BP and CRH-R1, and the role of these proteins in the acute stress response

    M.O. Huising;J.R. Metz;C van Schooten;A.J. Taverne-Thiele

  • Neuroendocrine-immune interactions in fish : a role for interleukin-1

    Marc Y Engelsma;Mark O Huising;Mark O Huising;Willem B van Muiswinkel;Gert Flik

  • Virgin Beta Cells Persist throughout Life at a Neogenic Niche within Pancreatic Islets

    Talitha van der Meulen;Alex M. Mawla;Michael R. DiGruccio;Michael W. Adams

  • Molecular evolution of CXC chemokines: extant CXC chemokines originate from the CNS

    Mark O. Huising;Mark O. Huising;René J.M. Stet;Corine P. Kruiswijk;Huub F.J. Savelkoul

  • CXC chemokines and leukocyte chemotaxis in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.).

    Mark O. Huising;Ellen Stolte;Gert Flik;Huub F.J. Savelkoul

  • Pseudotemporal Ordering of Single Cells Reveals Metabolic Control of Postnatal β Cell Proliferation.

    Chun Zeng;Francesca Mulas;Yinghui Sui;Tiffany Guan

  • Role of transcription factors in the transdifferentiation of pancreatic islet cells

    Talitha van der Meulen;Mark O Huising

  • Increased efficacy of immersion vaccination in fish with hyperosmotic pretreatment.

    Mark O. Huising;Teun Guichelaar;Casper Hoek;B. M. Verburg-Van Kemenade

  • Urocortin 3 Marks Mature Human Primary and Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Pancreatic Alpha and Beta Cells

    Talitha van der Meulen;Ruiyu Xie;Olivia G. Kelly;Wylie W. Vale

  • CRF and stress in fish

    G. Flik;B.M.L. Verburg-van Kemenade;E.H. van den Burg;P.H.M. Klaren

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert Flik
Gert Flik Radboud University
Huub F. J. Savelkoul
Huub F. J. Savelkoul Wageningen University & Research
Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jimmy Kwang
Jimmy Kwang National University of Singapore
Orian S. Shirihai
Orian S. Shirihai University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew Dillin
Andrew Dillin University of California, Berkeley
Maike Sander
Maike Sander Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Hiromitsu Nakauchi Stanford University
Jan H.W.M. Rombout
Jan H.W.M. Rombout Wageningen University & Research
Gene W. Yeo
Gene W. Yeo University of California, San Diego

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