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01 Jan 2024 • SSRN Electronic Journal
The Role of Anaplerotic Metabolism of Glucose and Glutamine in Insulin Secretion: A Model Approach

Vladimir Grubelnik, Jan Zmazek, Marko Gosak, Marko Marhl

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27 Nov 2023 • Adolescentna medicina: 1. in 2. modul
Uvod v fiziologijo uravnavanja telesne teže in patofiziologijo debelosti

Andraž Stožer

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22 Nov 2023 • Physical Review E
Both electrical and metabolic coupling shape the collective multimodal activity and functional connectivity patterns in beta cell collectives: A computational model perspective

Marko Šterk, Uroš Barać, Andraž Stožer, Marko Gosak

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26 Oct 2023 • Nephron
Human Beta Cell Functional Adaptation and Dysfunction in Insulin Resistance and Its Reversibility

Maša Skelin Klemen, Ján Kopecký, Jurij Dolenšek, Andraž Stožer

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28 Aug 2023 • Frontiers in Endocrinology
The effect of forskolin and the role of Epac2A during activation, activity, and deactivation of beta cell networks

Maša Skelin Klemen, Jurij Dolenšek, Lidija Križančić Bombek, Viljem Pohorec, Marko Gosak, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Andraž Stožer

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12 Jul 2023 • Acta Medico-Biotechnica
Alpha Cell Stimulus-Secretion Coupling and Intercellular Interactions in Health and Type 2 Diabetes

Viljem Pohorec, Nika Zadravec, Marko Turk, Jurij Dolenšek, Andraž Stožer

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21 Jun 2023 • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Measurement of extraction forces of non-absorbable suture and different anchoring systems used for pelvic organ prolapse surgery using soft-embalmed cadavers: A feasibility study

Tamara Serdinšek, Mateja Rakuša, Lidija Kocbek Šaherl, Božena Pejković, Jurij Dolenšek, Igor But

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01 Jun 2023 • Europhysics Letters
Unexpected paths to cooperation on tied hyperbolic networks

Maja Duh, Marko Gosak, Matjaž Perc

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25 May 2023 • Physics of Life Reviews
Uncovering the secrets of nature's design

Marko Gosak, Marko Milojević, Maja Duh, Kristijan Skok, Matjaž Perc

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27 Apr 2023 • arXiv (Cornell University)
Both electrical and metabolic coupling shape the collective multimodal activity and functional connectivity patterns in beta cell collectives: A computational model perspective

Marko Šterk, Uroš Barać, Andraž Stožer, Marko Gosak

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01 Apr 2023 • Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
Determinants of collective failure in excitable networks

Uroš Barać, Matjaž Perc, Marko Gosak

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02 Feb 2023 • Biophysical Journal
Functional characteristics of hub and wave-initiator cells in β cell networks

Marko Šterk, Jurij Dolenšek, Maša Skelin Klemen, Lidija Križančić Bombek, Eva Paradiž Leitgeb, Jasmina Kerčmar, Matjaž Perc, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Andraž Stožer, Marko Gosak

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26 Jan 2023 •
Decision letter: β-cell intrinsic dynamics rather than gap junction structure dictates subpopulations in the islet functional network

David J. Hodson, Andraž Stožer, Victoria Salem

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01 Jan 2023 • 4open
Collective biological computation in metabolic economy

Dean Korošak, Srdjan Postic, Andraž Stožer, Marjan Slak Rupnik

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01 Jan 2023 •
Data sets for figures 2-5.

Maša Skelin Klemen

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01 Jan 2023 •
The effect of forskolin and the role of Epac2A during activation, activity, and deactivation of beta cell networks

Maša Skelin Klemen

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30 Nov 2022 • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
High-resolution analysis of the cytosolic Ca <sup>2+</sup> events in β cell collectives in situ

Srdjan Postic, Srdjan Sarikas, Johannes Pfabe, Viljem Pohorec, Lidija Križančić Bombek, Nastja Sluga, Maša Skelin Klemen, Jurij Dolenšek, Dean Korošak, Andraž Stožer, Carmella Evans‐Molina, James D. Johnson, Marjan Slak Rupnik

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25 Oct 2022 • Frontiers in Endocrinology
Physiological levels of adrenaline fail to stop pancreatic beta cell activity at unphysiologically high glucose levels

Nastja Sluga, Lidija Križančić Bombek, Jasmina Kerčmar, Srdjan Sarikas, Srdjan Postic, Johannes Pfabe, Maša Skelin Klemen, Dean Korošak, Andraž Stožer, Marjan Slak Rupnik

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16 Oct 2022 • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Prekinitveni post – moder ali zgolj moderen? = Intermittent fasting – wise or a whim?

Luka Petravić, Ana Rojs, Lidija Križančić Bombek, Jurij Dolenšek

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16 Oct 2022 • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Prekinitveni post – moder ali zgolj moderen? = Intermittent fasting – wise or a whim?

Luka Petravić, Ana Rojs, Lidija Križančić Bombek, Jurij Dolenšek

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