Waruni Dissanayake

Most-cited papers

1. A Critical Role for β-Catenin in Modulating Levels of Insulin Secretion from β-Cells by Regulating Actin Cytoskeleton and Insulin Vesicle Localization*

   Brie Sorrenson, Emmanuelle Cognard, Kathryn Lee, Waruni Dissanayake +4 more

   2016Journal of Biological Chemistry47 citations Open access

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2. The role of adherens junction proteins in the regulation of insulin secretion

   Waruni Dissanayake, Brie Sorrenson, P. Shepherd

   2018Bioscience Reports43 citations Open access

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3. &bgr;‐catenin is important for the development of an insulin responsive pool of GLUT4 glucose transporters in 3T3‐L1 adipocytes

   Waruni Dissanayake, Brie Sorrenson, Emmanuelle Cognard, William E. Hughes +1 more

   2018Experimental Cell Research15 citations

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4. Glucose regulates expression of pro-inflammatory genes, IL-1β and IL-12, through a mechanism involving hexosamine biosynthesis pathway-dependent regulation of α-E catenin

   Waruni Dissanayake, J. Oh, Brie Sorrenson, P. Shepherd

   2021bioRxiv10 citations Open access

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5. A role for PAK1 mediated phosphorylation of β-catenin Ser552 in the regulation of insulin secretion.

   Brie Sorrenson, Waruni Dissanayake, Feng-Yun Hu, Kate L. Lee +1 more

   2021Biochemical Journal10 citations Open access

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6. α-catenin isoforms are regulated by glucose and involved in regulating insulin secretion in rat clonal β-cell models

   Waruni Dissanayake, Brie Sorrenson, Kate L. Lee, Sandra Barre +1 more

   2020Biochemical Journal9 citations Open access

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7. A role for β‐catenin in diet‐induced skeletal muscle insulin resistance

   Stewart W C Masson, Waruni Dissanayake, S. Broome, C. Hedges +5 more

   2023Physiological Reports4 citations Open access

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8. β-Cells retain a pool of insulin-containing secretory vesicles regulated by adherens junctions and the cadherin-binding protein p120 catenin

   Waruni Dissanayake, P. Shepherd

   2022Journal of Biological Chemistry4 citations Open access

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9. The population-specific Thr44Met OCT3 coding variant affects metformin pharmacokinetics with subsequent effects on insulin sensitivity in C57Bl/6J mice

   Qian Wang, Megan P. Leask, Kate L. Lee, J. Jaiswal +9 more

   2024Diabetologia2 citations Open access

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10. -catenin regulates insulin secretion

    Waruni Dissanayake, Brie Sorrenson, Kate L. Lee, Sandra Barre +1 more

    20200 citations

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11. Identification of signalling mechanisms associated with type-2 diabetes

    Waruni Dissanayake

    20170 citations

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