Publications by authors named "Blanca Rubí"

15Publications

Minireview: new roles for peripheral dopamine on metabolic control and tumor growth: let's seek the balance.

Authors:
Blanca Rubí Pierre Maechler

Endocrinology 2010 Dec 3;151(12):5570-81. Epub 2010 Nov 3.

Departamento de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.

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December 2010

Central and peripheral consequences of the chronic blockade of CB1 cannabinoid receptor with rimonabant or taranabant.

Authors:
Elena Martín-García Aurelijus Burokas Miquel Martín Fernando Berrendero Blanca Rubí Christoph Kiesselbach Andrea Heyne Juan Domingo Gispert Olga Millán Rafael Maldonado

J Neurochem 2010 Mar 17;112(5):1338-13351. Epub 2009 Dec 17.

Laboratori de Neurofarmacologia, Departament de Ciencies Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Spain.

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March 2010

Silencing of the mitochondrial NADH shuttle component aspartate-glutamate carrier AGC1/Aralar1 in INS-1E cells and rat islets.

Authors:
Marina Casimir Blanca Rubi Francesca Frigerio Gaelle Chaffard Pierre Maechler

Biochem J 2009 Dec 10;424(3):459-66. Epub 2009 Dec 10.

Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

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December 2009

Adenovector GAD65 gene delivery into the rat trigeminal ganglion produces orofacial analgesia.

Authors:
Jean-Philippe Vit Peter T Ohara Christopher Sundberg Blanca Rubi Pierre Maechler Chunyan Liu Mariana Puntel Pedro Lowenstein Maria Castro Luc Jasmin

Mol Pain 2009 Aug 5;5:42. Epub 2009 Aug 5.

Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

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August 2009

Mitochondrial glutamate carrier GC1 as a newly identified player in the control of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion.

Authors:
Marina Casimir Francesco M Lasorsa Blanca Rubi Dorothée Caille Ferdinando Palmieri Paolo Meda Pierre Maechler

J Biol Chem 2009 Sep 7;284(37):25004-14. Epub 2009 Jul 7.

Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

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September 2009

Deletion of glutamate dehydrogenase in beta-cells abolishes part of the insulin secretory response not required for glucose homeostasis.

Authors:
Stefania Carobbio Francesca Frigerio Blanca Rubi Laurène Vetterli Maria Bloksgaard Asllan Gjinovci Shirin Pournourmohammadi Pedro L Herrera Walter Reith Susanne Mandrup Pierre Maechler

J Biol Chem 2009 Jan 17;284(2):921-9. Epub 2008 Nov 17.

Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Geneva, Switzerland.

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January 2009

In beta-cells, mitochondria integrate and generate metabolic signals controlling insulin secretion.

Authors:
Pierre Maechler Stefania Carobbio Blanca Rubi

Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006 6;38(5-6):696-709. Epub 2006 Jan 6.

Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University Medical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland.

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May 2006

Dopamine D2-like receptors are expressed in pancreatic beta cells and mediate inhibition of insulin secretion.

Authors:
Blanca Rubí Sanda Ljubicic Shirin Pournourmohammadi Stefania Carobbio Mathieu Armanet Clarissa Bartley Pierre Maechler

J Biol Chem 2005 Nov 29;280(44):36824-32. Epub 2005 Aug 29.

Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University Medical Center, Geneva University Hospitals, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

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November 2005

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) potentiates, whereas PPARgamma attenuates, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells.

Authors:
Kim Ravnskjaer Michael Boergesen Blanca Rubi Jan K Larsen Tina Nielsen Jakob Fridriksson Pierre Maechler Susanne Mandrup

Endocrinology 2005 Aug 5;146(8):3266-76. Epub 2005 May 5.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.

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August 2005

Alteration of the malonyl-CoA/carnitine palmitoyltransferase I interaction in the beta-cell impairs glucose-induced insulin secretion.

Authors:
Laura Herrero Blanca Rubí David Sebastián Dolors Serra Guillermina Asins Pierre Maechler Marc Prentki Fausto G Hegardt

Diabetes 2005 Feb;54(2):462-71

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 643, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.

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February 2005

New insights into amino acid metabolism, beta-cell function and diabetes.

Authors:
Philip Newsholme Lorraine Brennan Blanca Rubi Pierre Maechler

Clin Sci (Lond) 2005 Mar;108(3):185-94

Department of Biochemistry, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

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March 2005

The malate-aspartate NADH shuttle member Aralar1 determines glucose metabolic fate, mitochondrial activity, and insulin secretion in beta cells.

Authors:
Blanca Rubi Araceli del Arco Clarissa Bartley Jorgina Satrustegui Pierre Maechler

J Biol Chem 2004 Dec 19;279(53):55659-66. Epub 2004 Oct 19.

Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University Medical Centre, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

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December 2004

Glucose sensitivity and metabolism-secretion coupling studied during two-year continuous culture in INS-1E insulinoma cells.

Authors:
Arnaud Merglen Sten Theander Blanca Rubi Gaelle Chaffard Claes B Wollheim Pierre Maechler

Endocrinology 2004 Feb 30;145(2):667-78. Epub 2003 Oct 30.

Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, DBC-9100, University Medical Center, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

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February 2004

Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of liver carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in INS1E cells: effects on cell metabolism and insulin secretion.

Authors:
Blanca Rubí Peter A Antinozzi Laura Herrero Hisamitsu Ishihara Guillermina Asins Dolors Serra Claes B Wollheim Pierre Maechler Fausto G Hegardt

Biochem J 2002 May;364(Pt 1):219-26

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona, School of Pharmacy, Diagonal 643, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.

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May 2002

Structural model of a malonyl-CoA-binding site of carnitine octanoyltransferase and carnitine palmitoyltransferase I: mutational analysis of a malonyl-CoA affinity domain.

Authors:
Montserrat Morillas Paulino Gómez-Puertas Blanca Rubí Josep Clotet Joaquín Ariño Alfonso Valencia Fausto G Hegardt Dolors Serra Guillermina Asins

J Biol Chem 2002 Mar 14;277(13):11473-80. Epub 2002 Jan 14.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.

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March 2002