Waruni C. Dissanayake

A Critical Role for β-Catenin in Modulating Levels of Insulin Secretion from β-Cells by Regulating Actin Cytoskeleton and Insulin Vesicle Localization

Brie Sorrenson, Emmanuelle Cognard, Kathryn Lee et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2016 · 52 citations · Full text

β-catenin is important for the development of an insulin responsive pool of GLUT4 glucose transporters in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

Waruni C. Dissanayake, Brie Sorrenson, Emmanuelle Cognard et al. · Experimental Cell Research · 2018 · 21 citations

Signal Transduction, Molecular Physiology, Biochemistry +11

Glucose regulates expression of pro-inflammatory genes, <i>IL-1β</i> and <i>IL-12</i> , through a mechanism involving hexosamine biosynthesis pathway-dependent regulation of α-E catenin

Waruni C. Dissanayake, Jin Kyo Oh, Brie Sorrenson et al. · Bioscience Reports · 2021 · 14 citations · Full text

A role for PAK1 mediated phosphorylation of β-catenin Ser552 in the regulation of insulin secretion

Brie Sorrenson, Waruni C. Dissanayake, Fengyun Hu et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2021 · 10 citations · Full text