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4. Straub SG, Mulvaney-Musa J, Yajima H, Weiland GA, Sharp GW. Stimulation of insulin secretion by denatonium, one of the most bitter-tasting substances known. Diabetes 52: 356-364, 2003.
5. Yamada S, Komatsu M, Sato Y, Yamauchi K, Kojima I, Aizawa T, et al. Time-dependent stimulation of insulin exocytosis by 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate in the rat islet beta-cell. Endocrinology 143: 4203-4209, 2002.
6. Yamada S, Komatsu M, Aizawa T, Sato Y, Yajima H, Yada T, et al. Time-dependent potentiation of the beta-cell is a Ca2+-independent phenomenon. J Endocrinol 172: 345-354, 2002.
7. Straub SG, Yajima H, Komatsu M, Aizawa T, Sharp GW. The effects of cerulenin, an inhibitor of protein acylation, on the two phases of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Diabetes 51 Suppl 1: S91-95, 2002.
8. Komatsu M, Sato Y, Yamada S, Yamauchi K, Hashizume K, Aizawa T. Triggering of insulin release by a combination of cAMP signal and nutrients: an ATP-sensitive K+ channel-independent phenomenon. Diabetes 51 Suppl 1: S29-32, 2002.
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11. Yamada S, Komatsu M, Sato Y, Yamauchi K, Aizawa T, Hashizume K. Glutamate is not a major conveyer of ATP-sensitive K+ channel-independent glucose action in pancreatic islet beta cell. Endocr J 48(3): 391-395, 2001.
12. Yajima H, Komatsu M, Sato Y, Yamada S, Yamauchi K, Sharp GW, et al. Norepinephrine inhibits glucose-stimulated, Ca2+-independent insulin release independently from its action on adenylyl cyclase. Endocr J 48: 647-654, 2001.
13. Komatsu M, Sato Y, Aizawa T, Hashizume K. KATP channel-independent glucose action: an elusive pathway in stimulus-secretion coupling of pancreatic beta-cell. Endocr J 48: 275-288, 2001.
14. Aizawa T, Kaneko T, Yamauchi K, Yajima H, Nishizawa T, Yada T, et al. Size-related and size-unrelated functional heterogeneity among pancreatic islets. Life Sci 69: 2627-2639, 2001.
15. Yajima H, Komatsu M, Yamada S, Straub SG, Kaneko T, Sato Y, et al. Cerulenin, an inhibitor of protein acylation, selectively attenuates nutrient stimulation of insulin release: a study in rat pancreatic islets. Diabetes 49: 712-717, 2000.
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17. Yajima H, Komatsu M, Schermerhorn T, Aizawa T, Kaneko T, Nagai M, et al. cAMP enhances insulin secretion by an action on the ATP-sensitive K+ channel-independent pathway of glucose signaling in rat pancreatic islets. Diabetes 48: 1006-1012, 1999.
18. Sato Y, Anello M, Henquin JC. Glucose regulation of insulin secretion independent of the opening or closure of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+ channels in beta cells. Endocrinology 140: 2252-2257, 1999.
19. Komatsu M, Yajima H, Yamada S, Kaneko T, Sato Y, Yamauchi K, et al. Augmentation of Ca2+-stimulated insulin release by glucose and long-chain fatty acids in rat pancreatic islets: free fatty acids mimic ATP-sensitive K+ channel-independent insulinotropic action of glucose. Diabetes 48: 1543-1549, 1999.
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23. Sato Y, Henquin JC. The K+-ATP channel-independent pathway of regulation of insulin secretion by glucose: in search of the underlying mechanism. Diabetes 47:1713-1721, 1998.
24. Komatsu M, Sharp GW. Palmitate and myristate selectively mimic the effect of glucose in augmenting insulin release in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Diabetes 47: 352-357, 1998.
25. Komatsu M, Noda M, Sharp GW. Nutrient augmentation of Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent pathways in stimulus-coupling to insulin secretion can be distinguished by their guanosine triphosphate requirements: studies on rat pancreatic islets. Endocrinology 139:1172-1183, 1998.
26. Aizawa T, Komatsu M, Asanuma N, Sato Y, Sharp GW. Glucose action 'beyond ionic events' in the pancreatic beta cell. Trends Pharmacol Sci 19: 496-499, 1998.
27. Terauchi Y, Iwamoto K, Tamemoto H, et al. Development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the double knockout mice with disruption of insulin receptor substrate-1 and beta cell glucokinase genes. Genetic reconstitution of diabetes as a polygenic disease. J Clin Invest 99: 861-866, 1997.
28. Suzuki N, Aizawa T, Asanuma N, Sato Y, Komatsu M, Hidaka H, et al. An early insulin intervention accelerates pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction in young Goto-Kakizaki rats, a model of naturally occurring noninsulin-dependent diabetes. Endocrinology 138:1106-1110, 1997.
29. Komatsu M, Schermerhorn T, Noda M, Straub SG, Aizawa T, Sharp GW. Augmentation of insulin release by glucose in the absence of extracellular Ca2+: new insights into stimulus-secretion coupling. Diabetes 46:1928-1938, 1997.
30. Asanuma N, Aizawa T, Sato Y, et al. Two signaling pathways, from the upper glycolytic flux and from the mitochondria, converge to potentiate insulin release. Endocrinology 138: 751-755, 1997.
31. Noda M, Komatsu M, Sharp GW. The betaHC-9 pancreatic beta-cell line preserves the characteristics of progenitor mouse islets. Diabetes 45:1766-1773, 1996.
32. Komatsu M, Schermerhorn T, Straub SG, Sharp GW. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide, carbachol, and glucose stimulate insulin release in the absence of an increase in intracellular Ca2+. Mol Pharmacol 50: 1047-1054, 1996.
33. Garcia-Barrado MJ, Gilon P, Sato Y, Nenquin M, Henquin JC. No evidence for a role of reverse Na+-Ca2+ exchange in insulin release from mouse pancreatic islets Am J Physiol 271: E426-433, 1996.
34. Aizawa T, Asanuma N, Terauchi Y, et al. Analysis of the pancreatic beta cell in the mouse with targeted disruption of the pancreatic beta cell-specific glucokinase gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 229: 460-465, 1996.
35. Komatsu M, Schermerhorn T, Aizawa T, Sharp GW. Glucose stimulation of insulin release in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ and in the absence of any increase in intracellular Ca2+ in rat pancreatic islets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92: 10728-10732, 1995.
36. Komatsu M, McDermott AM, Sharp GW. Sodium fluoride stimulates exocytosis at a late site of calcium interaction in stimulus-secretion coupling: studies with the RINm5F beta cell line. Mol Pharmacol 47: 496-508, 1995.
37. Komatsu M, McDermott AM, Gillison SL, Sharp GW. Time course of action of pertussis toxin to block the inhibition of stimulated insulin release by norepinephrine. Endocrinology 136:1857-1863, 1995.
38. Eddlestone GT, Komatsu M, Shen L, Sharp GW. Mastoparan increases the intracellular free calcium concentration in two insulin-secreting cell lines by inhibition of ATP-sensitive potassium channels. Mol Pharmacol 47: 787-797, 1995.
39. Aizawa T, Sato Y, Ishihara F, Taguchi N, Komatsu M, Suzuki N, et al. ATP-sensitive K+ channel-independent glucose action in rat pancreatic beta-cell. Am J Physiol 266: C622-627, 1994.
40. Aizawa T, Komatsu M, Sato Y, Ishihara F, Suzuki N, Nishii N, et al. Insulin secretion by the pancreatic beta cell of aged rats. Pancreas 9: 454-459, 1994.
41. Komatsu M, McDermott AM, Gillison SL, Sharp GW. Mastoparan stimulates exocytosis at a Ca2+-independent late site in stimulus-secretion coupling. Studies with the RINm5F beta-cell line J Biol Chem 268: 23297-23306, 1993.
42. Sato Y, Aizawa T, Komatsu M, Okada N, Yamada T. Dual functional role of membrane depolarization/Ca2+ influx in rat pancreatic B-cell. Diabetes 41: 438-443, 1992.
43. Komatsu M, Aizawa T, Yokokawa N, Sato Y, Okada N, Takasu N, et al. Mastoparan-induced hormone release from rat pancreatic islets. Endocrinology 130: 221-228, 1992.
44. Komatsu M, Yokokawa N, Nagasawa Y, et al. Gradual delay in glucose-induced first phase insulin secretion by the pancreatic islets of 7 week-, 6 month-, and 1 year-old rats. J Gerontol 46: B59-64, 1991.
45. Yokokawa N, Komatsu M, Takeda T, Aizawa T, Yamada T. Mastoparan, a wasp venom, stimulates insulin release by pancreatic islets through pertussis toxin sensitive GTP-binding protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 158: 712-716, 1989.
46. Komatsu M, Yokokawa N, Takeda T, Nagasawa Y, Aizawa T, Yamada T. Pharmacological characterization of the voltage-dependent calcium channel of pancreatic B-cell. Endocrinology 125: 2008-2014, 1989.
47. Komatsu M, Aizawa T, Takasu N, Yamada T. Glucose raises cytosolic free calcium in the rat pancreatic islets. Horm Metab Res 21: 405-409, 1989.
48. Takasu N, Komatsu M, Aizawa T, Yamada T. Hydrogen peroxide generation in whole rat pancreatic islets; synergistic regulation by cytoplasmic free calcium and protein kinase-C. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 155: 569-575, 1988.
