Rabindranauth-Romel Somwar, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2002 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 
Area:
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology

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2010 Varlamov O, Somwar R, Cornea A, Kievit P, Grove KL, Roberts CT. Single-cell analysis of insulin-regulated fatty acid uptake in adipocytes. American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism. 299: E486-96. PMID 20570821 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00330.2010  0.479
2005 Ceddia RB, Somwar R, Maida A, Fang X, Bikopoulos G, Sweeney G. Globular adiponectin increases GLUT4 translocation and glucose uptake but reduces glycogen synthesis in rat skeletal muscle cells. Diabetologia. 48: 132-9. PMID 15619075 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-004-1609-y  0.493
2004 Sweeney G, Garg RR, Ceddia RB, Li D, Ishiki M, Somwar R, Foster LJ, Neilsen PO, Prestwich GD, Rudich A, Klip A. Intracellular delivery of phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate causes incorporation of glucose transporter 4 into the plasma membrane of muscle and fat cells without increasing glucose uptake. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279: 32233-42. PMID 15166230 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M402897200  0.803
2003 Niu W, Huang C, Nawaz Z, Levy M, Somwar R, Li D, Bilan PJ, Klip A. Maturation of the regulation of GLUT4 activity by p38 MAPK during L6 cell myogenesis. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278: 17953-62. PMID 12637564 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M211136200  0.815
2002 Furtado LM, Somwar R, Sweeney G, Niu W, Klip A. Activation of the glucose transporter GLUT4 by insulin. Biochemistry and Cell Biology = Biochimie Et Biologie Cellulaire. 80: 569-78. PMID 12440698 DOI: 10.1139/O02-156  0.761
2002 Somwar R, Koterski S, Sweeney G, Sciotti R, Djuric S, Berg C, Trevillyan J, Scherer PE, Rondinone CM, Klip A. A dominant-negative p38 MAPK mutant and novel selective inhibitors of p38 MAPK reduce insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes without affecting GLUT4 translocation. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277: 50386-95. PMID 12393894 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M205277200  0.7
2002 Huang C, Somwar R, Patel N, Niu W, Török D, Klip A. Sustained exposure of L6 myotubes to high glucose and insulin decreases insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation but upregulates GLUT4 activity. Diabetes. 51: 2090-8. PMID 12086937 DOI: 10.2337/Diabetes.51.7.2090  0.782
2001 Somwar R, Kim DY, Sweeney G, Huang C, Niu W, Lador C, Ramlal T, Klip A. GLUT4 translocation precedes the stimulation of glucose uptake by insulin in muscle cells: potential activation of GLUT4 via p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. The Biochemical Journal. 359: 639-49. PMID 11672439 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3590639  0.8
2001 Sweeney G, Keen J, Somwar R, Konrad D, Garg R, Klip A. High leptin levels acutely inhibit insulin-stimulated glucose uptake without affecting glucose transporter 4 translocation in l6 rat skeletal muscle cells. Endocrinology. 142: 4806-12. PMID 11606447 DOI: 10.1210/Endo.142.11.8496  0.835
2001 Somwar R, Niu W, Kim DY, Sweeney G, Randhawa VK, Huang C, Ramlal T, Klip A. Differential effects of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibition on intracellular signals regulating GLUT4 translocation and glucose transport. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276: 46079-87. PMID 11598141 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M109093200  0.79
2001 Konrad D, Somwar R, Sweeney G, Yaworsky K, Hayashi M, Ramlal T, Klip A. The antihyperglycemic drug alpha-lipoic acid stimulates glucose uptake via both GLUT4 translocation and GLUT4 activation: potential role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in GLUT4 activation. Diabetes. 50: 1464-71. PMID 11375349 DOI: 10.2337/Diabetes.50.6.1464  0.772
2000 Somwar R, Perreault M, Kapur S, Taha C, Sweeney G, Ramlal T, Kim DY, Keen J, Côte CH, Klip A, Marette A. Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase alpha and beta by insulin and contraction in rat skeletal muscle: potential role in the stimulation of glucose transport. Diabetes. 49: 1794-800. PMID 11078445 DOI: 10.2337/Diabetes.49.11.1794  0.746
2000 Yaworsky K, Somwar R, Ramlal T, Tritschler HJ, Klip A. Engagement of the insulin-sensitive pathway in the stimulation of glucose transport by alpha-lipoic acid in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Diabetologia. 43: 294-303. PMID 10768090 DOI: 10.1007/S001250050047  0.729
1999 Yusta B, Somwar R, Wang F, Munroe D, Grinstein S, Klip A, Drucker DJ. Identification of glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2)-activated signaling pathways in baby hamster kidney fibroblasts expressing the rat GLP-2 receptor. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274: 30459-67. PMID 10521425 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.43.30459  0.566
1999 Wang Q, Somwar R, Bilan PJ, Liu Z, Jin J, Woodgett JR, Klip A. Protein kinase B/Akt participates in GLUT4 translocation by insulin in L6 myoblasts. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19: 4008-18. PMID 10330141 DOI: 10.1128/Mcb.19.6.4008  0.776
1999 Sweeney G, Somwar R, Ramlal T, Volchuk A, Ueyama A, Klip A. An inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase prevents insulin-stimulated glucose transport but not glucose transporter translocation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and L6 myotubes. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274: 10071-8. PMID 10187787 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.274.15.10071  0.829
1998 Khayat ZA, Tsakiridis T, Ueyama A, Somwar R, Ebina Y, Klip A. Rapid stimulation of glucose transport by mitochondrial uncoupling depends in part on cytosolic Ca2+ and cPKC. The American Journal of Physiology. 275: C1487-97. PMID 9843710 DOI: 10.1152/Ajpcell.1998.275.6.C1487  0.801
1998 Sweeney G, Somwar R, Ramlal T, Martin-Vasallo P, Klip A. Insulin stimulation of K+ uptake in 3T3-L1 fibroblasts involves phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and protein kinase C-zeta. Diabetologia. 41: 1199-204. PMID 9794108 DOI: 10.1007/S001250051052  0.654
1998 Tsakiridis T, Bergman A, Somwar R, Taha C, Aktories K, Cruz TF, Klip A, Downey GP. Actin filaments facilitate insulin activation of the src and collagen homologous/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway leading to DNA synthesis and c-fos expression. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273: 28322-31. PMID 9774456 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.273.43.28322  0.736
1998 Somwar R, Sumitani S, Taha C, Sweeney G, Klip A. Temporal activation of p70 S6 kinase and Akt1 by insulin: PI 3-kinase-dependent and -independent mechanisms. The American Journal of Physiology. 275: E618-25. PMID 9755080 DOI: 10.1152/Ajpendo.1998.275.4.E618  0.723
1998 Ewart HS, Somwar R, Klip A. Dexamethasone stimulates the expression of GLUT1 and GLUT4 proteins via different signalling pathways in L6 skeletal muscle cells. Febs Letters. 425: 179-83. PMID 9541032  0.731
1998 Somwar R, Sweeney G, Ramlal T, Klip A. Stimulation of glucose and amino acid transport and activation of the insulin signaling pathways by insulin lispro in L6 skeletal muscle cells. Clinical Therapeutics. 20: 125-40. PMID 9522110 DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(98)80040-4  0.758
1998 Ewart HS, Somwar R, Klip A. Dexamethasone stimulates the expression of GLUT1 and GLUT4 proteins via different signalling pathways in L6 skeletal muscle cells. Febs Letters. 421: 120-4. PMID 9468291 DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)01549-4  0.731
1997 Sumitani S, Ramlal T, Somwar R, Keller SR, Klip A. Insulin regulation and selective segregation with glucose transporter-4 of the membrane aminopeptidase vp165 in rat skeletal muscle cells. Endocrinology. 138: 1029-34. PMID 9048605 DOI: 10.1210/Endo.138.3.5010  0.706
1996 Ramlal T, Ewart HS, Somwar R, Deems RO, Valentin MA, Young DA, Klip A. Muscle subcellular localization and recruitment by insulin of glucose transporters and Na+-K+-ATPase subunits in transgenic mice overexpressing the GLUT4 glucose transporter. Diabetes. 45: 1516-23. PMID 8866555 DOI: 10.2337/Diab.45.11.1516  0.7
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