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Dr Rebecca K Simmons, BA (Hons), MSc, PhD

- Verified email at riverlane.com - Cited by 8540

Rebecca Simmons

- Verified email at hsc.utah.edu - Cited by 1768

Rebecca K Simmons

- Verified email at research.uwa.edu.au - Cited by 1606

[HTML][HTML] Development of type 2 diabetes following intrauterine growth retardation in rats is associated with progressive epigenetic silencing of Pdx1

…, RD Nicholls, RA Simmons - The Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) has been linked to the onset of diseases in adulthood,
including type 2 diabetes, and has been proposed to result from altered gene regulation …

Neonatal exendin-4 prevents the development of diabetes in the intrauterine growth retarded rat

DA Stoffers, BM Desai, DD DeLeon, RA Simmons - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Uteroplacental insufficiency resulting in fetal growth retardation is a common complication
of pregnancy and a significant cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Epidemiological …

Intrauterine growth retardation leads to the development of type 2 diabetes in the rat

RA Simmons, LJ Templeton, SJ Gertz - Diabetes, 2001 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Intrauterine growth retardation has been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes in later
life. The mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are unknown. We have developed a …

A single-cell atlas of entorhinal cortex from individuals with Alzheimer's disease reveals cell-type-specific gene expression regulation

…, G Sun, XY Choo, C McLean, RK Simmons… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
There is currently little information available about how individual cell types contribute to
Alzheimer’s disease. Here we applied single-nucleus RNA sequencing to entorhinal cortex …

Oxidative stress disrupts oligodendrocyte maturation

…, M Reid, P Mamontov, RA Simmons… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Periventricular white matter injury (PWMI) is the leading cause of chronic neurologic injury
among survivors of preterm birth. The hallmark of PWMI is hypomyelination and a lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic assessment of tissue dissociation and storage biases in single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-seq workflows

…, T Lassmann, D Poppe, O Clément, RK Simmons… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Single-cell RNA sequencing has been widely adopted to estimate the cellular
composition of heterogeneous tissues and obtain transcriptional profiles of individual cells. …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis

…, G Sun, NP Croft, FJ Rossello, R Simmons… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The role of microglia cells in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is well recognized, however their
molecular and functional diversity remain unclear. Here, we isolated amyloid plaque-containing (…

Early detection and treatment of type 2 diabetes reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: a simulation of the results of the Anglo-Danish-Dutch study of intensive …

WH Herman, W Ye, SJ Griffin, RK Simmons… - Diabetes …, 2015 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To estimate the benefits of screening and early treatment of type 2 diabetes
compared with no screening and late treatment using a simulation model with data from the …

[HTML][HTML] Screening for type 2 diabetes and population mortality over 10 years (ADDITION-Cambridge): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

RK Simmons, JB Echouffo-Tcheugui, SJ Sharp… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes poses a major public health
challenge. Population-based screening and early treatment for type 2 diabetes could reduce this …

[PDF][PDF] I'm eating for two: parental dietary effects on offspring metabolism

OJ Rando, RA Simmons - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
It has long been understood that the pathogenesis of complex diseases such as diabetes
includes both genetic and environmental components. More recently, it has become clear that …