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Gregory Ku, MD, PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
DepartmentDiabetes Center
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    University of California, San Francisco Residency School of Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoM.D.2004 School of Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoPh.D.2004 Graduate Division (Biomedical Sciences)

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    The role of Spry2 in beta cell function and the unfolded protein response
    NIH/NIDDK R01DK107650Dec 1, 2015 - Nov 30, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    A novel, beta cell specific regulator of the insulin promoter
    NIH/NIDDK R03DK102892Jul 1, 2014 - Jun 30, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Discovering and dissecting new regulators of insulin production in beta cells
    NIH/NIDDK K08DK087945Aug 2, 2011 - Apr 30, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Bulut-Karslioglu A, Macrae TA, Oses-Prieto JA, Covarrubias S, Percharde M, Ku G, Diaz A, McManus MT, Burlingame AL, Ramalho-Santos M. The Transcriptionally Permissive Chromatin State of Embryonic Stem Cells Is Acutely Tuned to Translational Output. Cell Stem Cell. 2018 Mar 01; 22(3):369-383.e8. PMID: 29499153.
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    2. Pappalardo Z, Chopra DG, Hennings TG, Richards H, Choe J, Yang K, Baeyens L, Ang K, Chen S, Arkin M, German MS, McManus MT, Ku G. A Whole-Genome RNA Interference Screen Reveals a Role for Spry2 in Insulin Transcription and the Unfolded Protein Response. Diabetes. 2017 06; 66(6):1703-1712. PMID: 28246293.
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    3. Berger M, Scheel DW, Macias H, Miyatsuka T, Kim H, Hoang P, Ku G, Honig G, Liou A, Tang Y, Regard JB, Sharifnia P, Yu L, Wang J, Coughlin SR, Conklin BR, Deneris ES, Tecott LH, German MS. Gai/o-coupled receptor signaling restricts pancreatic ß-cell expansion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 03; 112(9):2888-93. PMID: 25695968; PMCID: PMC4352814.
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    4. Chamberlain CE, Scheel DW, McGlynn K, Kim H, Miyatsuka T, Wang J, Nguyen V, Zhao S, Mavropoulos A, Abraham AG, O'Neill E, Ku G, Cobb MH, Martin GR, German MS. Menin determines K-RAS proliferative outputs in endocrine cells. J Clin Invest. 2014 Sep; 124(9):4093-101. PMID: 25133424; PMCID: PMC4153699.
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    5. Ku G, Kim H, Vaughn IW, Hangauer MJ, Myung Oh C, German MS, McManus MT. Research resource: RNA-Seq reveals unique features of the pancreatic ß-cell transcriptome. Mol Endocrinol. 2012 Oct; 26(10):1783-92. PMID: 22915829; PMCID: PMC3458219.
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    6. Ku G, Pappalardo Z, Luo CC, German MS, McManus MT. An siRNA screen in pancreatic beta cells reveals a role for Gpr27 in insulin production. PLoS Genet. 2012 Jan; 8(1):e1002449. PMID: 22253604; PMCID: PMC3257298.
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    7. Ku G, McManus MT. Behind the scenes of a small RNA gene-silencing pathway. Hum Gene Ther. 2008 Jan; 19(1):17-26. PMID: 18211225.
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    8. Ku G, Yablonski D, Manser E, Lim L, Weiss A. A PAK1-PIX-PKL complex is activated by the T-cell receptor independent of Nck, Slp-76 and LAT. EMBO J. 2001 Feb 01; 20(3):457-65. PMID: 11157752; PMCID: PMC133476.
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