1. Du W, Wang J, Kuo T, Wang L, McKimpson MW, Son J, Watanabe H, Kitamoto T, Lee Y, Ratner
EL, McCune K, Chen Y, Grubbs HB, Thornton EM, Fan J, Sultana N, Diaz B, Balasubramanian I, Gao N,
Belvedere S, Accili D. Pharmacological conversion of gut epithelial cells into insulin-producing cells lowers
glycemia in diabetic animals. J Clin Invest. 2022 Dec 15;132(24):e162720. doi: 10.1172/JCI162720.
2. Lee Y*, Du W*, Nie Y*, Diaz B, Sultana N, Kitamoto T, Leibel R, Accili D, Belvedere S.
Single-agent FOXO1 inhibition normalizes glycemia and induces gut β-like cells in streptozotocin-diabetic
mice. Mol Metab, 2022 Dec;66:101618. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2022.101618. (*co-first authors)
3. Fan J*, Du W*, Kim-Muller JY, Son J, Kuo T, Larrea D, Garcia C, Kitamoto T, Kraakman MJ,
Owusu-Ansah E, Cirulli V, Accili D. Cyb5r3 links FoxO1-dependent mitochondrial dysfunction with β-cell
failure. Mol Metab. 2020 Apr; 34: 97-111. (*co-first authors)
4. Du W*, Zhou M*, Zhao W*, Cheng D, Wang L, Lu J, Song E, Feng W, Xue Y, Xu P, Xu T.
HID-1 is required for homotypic fusion of immature secretory granules during maturation. Elife. 2016 Oct
18; 5. (*co-first authors)
5.
Liang K*, Du W*, Lu J, Li F, Yang L, Xue Y, Hille B, Chen L. Alterations of the Ca²⁺ signaling
pathway in pancreatic beta-cells isolated from db/db mice. Protein Cell. 2014 Oct; 5(10):783-94. (*co-first
authors)
6.
Du W, Xue Y, Liang K, Yuan T, Lu J, Zhao W, Xu T, Chen L Bulk-like endocytosis plays an
important role in the recycling of insulin granules in pancreatic beta cells. Protein Cell. 2012 Aug;
3(8):618-26.
7.
Liang K*,Du W*, Zhu W*, Liu S, Cui Y, Sun H, Luo B, Xue Y, Yang L, Chen L, Li F.
Contribution of different mechanisms to pancreatic beta-cell hyper-secretion in NOD mice during
pre-diabetes. J Biol Chem. 2011 Sep 13. (*co-first authors)
8. Son J, Du W, Esposito M, Shariati K, Ding H, Kang Y, Accili D. Genetic and pharmacologic
inhibition of ALDH1A3 as a treatment of β-cell failure. Nat Commun. 2023 Feb 2;
9. Watanabe H, Du W, Son J, Sui L, Asahara SI, Kurland IJ, Kuo T, Kitamoto T, Miyachi Y, de Cabo
R, Accili D. Cyb5r3-based mechanism and reversal of secondary failure to sulfonylurea in diabetes. Sci
Transl Med. 2023 Feb;
10.
Kuo T, Du W, Miyachi Y, Dadi PK, Jacobson DA, Segrè D, Accili D. Antagonistic epistasis of
Hnf4α and FoxO1 metabolic networks through enhancer interactions in β-cell function. Mol Metab. 2021