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Richard M. O'Brien is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on metabolism, diabetes, and pancreatic function. Their work spans related subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, surgery, and rheumatology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of pancreatic function and diabetes, as well as glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus. Additional areas of research include genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, ion transport and channel regulation, epigenetics, and DNA methylation.

Frequent publication venues where Richard M. O'Brien's work appears include the Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Dataverse, Molecular Metabolism, and Diabetes.

Their recent papers encompass the following:

  • Ins1-Cre and Ins1-CreER Gene Replacement Alleles Are Susceptible To Silencing By DNA Hypermethylation, 2020, Endocrinology
  • Pancreatic islet beta cell-specific deletion of G6pc2 reduces fasting blood glucose, 2020, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
  • Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 2 negatively regulates glucose oxidation and insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biophysical and functional properties of purified glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 1, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the G6PC2 gene affect protein expression, enzyme activity, and fasting blood glucose, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard M. O'Brien consist of:

  • James K. Oeser
  • Karin J. Bosma
  • Derek P. Claxton
  • Emily M. Hawes
  • Mohsin Rahim

The main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of focus are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Surgery
  • Rheumatology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Their key research topics cover:

  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Best Publications

  • Regulation of gene expression by insulin.

    R. M. O'Brien;D. K. Granner

  • Characterization and immunobiology of house dust mite allergens.

    Wayne R. Thomas;Wendy-Anne Smith;Belinda J. Hales;Kristina L. Mills

  • Identification of a sequence in the PEPCK gene that mediates a negative effect of insulin on transcription

    Richard M. O'Brien;Peter C. Lucas;Claude D. Forest;Mark A. Magnuson

  • Regulation of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase and Insulin-like Growth Factor-binding Protein-1 Gene Expression by Insulin: THE ROLE OF WINGED HELIX/FORKHEAD PROTEINS

    Robert K. Hall;Tomoyuki Yamasaki;Tomas Kucera;Mary Waltner-Law

  • Hepatic nuclear factor 3- and hormone-regulated expression of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 1 genes.

    R. M. O'brien;E. L. Noisin;Adisak Suwanichkul;T. Yamasaki

  • Insulin-regulated gene expression.

    R. M. O'Brien;R. S. Streeper;J. E. Ayala;B. T. Stadelmaier

  • Glucose-6-phosphatase Catalytic Subunit Gene Family

    John C. Hutton;Richard M. O'Brien

  • Deletion of the mouse Slc30a8 gene encoding zinc transporter-8 results in impaired insulin secretion

    Lynley D. Pound;Suparna A. Sarkar;Richard K. P. Benninger;Yingda Wang

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase, but not p70/p85 ribosomal S6 protein kinase, is required for the regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene expression by insulin: dissociation of signaling pathways for insulin and phorbol ester regulation of PEPCK gene expression

    Calum Sutherland;Richard M. O'Brien;Daryl K. Granner

  • A Multicomponent Insulin Response Sequence Mediates a Strong Repression of Mouse Glucose-6-phosphatase Gene Transcription by Insulin

    Ryan S. Streeper;Christina A. Svitek;Stacey Chapman;Linda E. Greenbaum

  • The glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit gene promoter contains both positive and negative glucocorticoid response elements.

    Beth T. Vander Kooi;Hiroshi Onuma;James K. Oeser;Christina A. Svitek

  • Insulin Regulation of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Gene Expression Does Not Require Activation of the Ras/Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway

    Robert A. Gabbay;Calum Sutherland;Luigi Gnudi;Barbara B. Kahn

  • A retinoic acid response element is part of a pleiotropic domain in the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene.

    Peter C. Lucas;Richard M. O'Brien;John A. Mitchell;Charles M. Davis

  • Zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8) and β cell function.

    Howard W. Davidson;Janet M. Wenzlau;Richard M. O’Brien

  • Molecular Physiology and Genetics of NIDDM: Importance of Metabolic Staging

    Daryl K Granner;Richard M O'Brien

  • Molecular cloning of a pancreatic islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit-related protein.

    S D Arden;T Zahn;S Steegers;S Webb

  • Conservation of an insulin response unit between mouse and human glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit gene promoters: transcription factor FKHR binds the insulin response sequence.

    J E Ayala;R S Streeper;J S Desgrosellier;S K Durham

  • The insulin receptor tyrosyl kinase phosphorylates holomeric forms of the guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins Gi and Go

    Richard M. O'Brien;Miles D. Houslay;Graeme Milligan;Kenneth Siddle

  • Regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene expression by insulin. Use of the stable transfection approach to locate an insulin responsive sequence.

    Claude D. Forest;Richard M. O'Brien;Peter C. Lucas;Mark A. Magnuson

  • Identification and characterization of a human cDNA and gene encoding a ubiquitously expressed glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit-related protein

    CC Martin;JK Oeser;CA Svitek;SI Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Daryl K. Granner
Daryl K. Granner Vanderbilt University
John C. Hutton
John C. Hutton University of Colorado Denver
Wayne R. Thomas
Wayne R. Thomas Telethon Kids Institute
Kenneth Siddle
Kenneth Siddle University of Cambridge
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Miles D. Houslay
Miles D. Houslay King's College London
Calum Sutherland
Calum Sutherland University of Dundee
Graeme Milligan
Graeme Milligan University of Glasgow
Jeremy M. Tavaré
Jeremy M. Tavaré University of Bristol
David W. Piston
David W. Piston Washington University in St. Louis

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