Robert L. Sorenson

Adaptation of islets of Langerhans to pregnancy: increased islet cell proliferation and insulin secretion correlates with the onset of placental lactogen secretion.

J. A. Parsons, T. Clark Brelje, Robert L. Sorenson · Endocrinology · 1992 · 440 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

Effect of homologous placental lactogens, prolactins, and growth hormones on islet B-cell division and insulin secretion in rat, mouse, and human islets: implication for placental lactogen regulation of islet function during pregnancy.

T. Clark Brelje, David W. Scharp, Paul E. Lacy et al. · Endocrinology · 1993 · 382 citations

Medicine, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +17

Targeted Expression of Placental Lactogen in the Beta Cells of Transgenic Mice Results in Beta Cell Proliferation, Islet Mass Augmentation, and Hypoglycemia

Rupangi C. Vasavada, Adolfo Garcı́a-Ocaña, Walter S. Zawalich et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 211 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +15

Immunohistochemical Localization of Aldose Reductase: II. Rat Eye and Kidney

Mark A. Ludvigson, Robert L. Sorenson · Diabetes · 1980 · 146 citations

Health Professions, Biochemistry, Pathology +14

Number and size of islets of Langerhans in pregnant, human growth hormone-expressing transgenic, and pituitary dwarf mice: effect of lactogenic hormones.

J. A. Parsons, Andrzej Bartke, Robert L. Sorenson · Endocrinology · 1995 · 141 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Animal Sciences, Endocrinology +17