Publications
Selected Publications
Full list of publications can be found here
2024 (click on the image to go to the publication)
Nirmala Balasenthilkumaran, Jennifer Whitesell, Rachel Friedman, Vira Kravets*.
Network approach reveals preferential T-cell and macrophage association with α-linked β-cells in early stage of insulitis in NOD mice.
Frontiers in Network Physiology
2024 (click on the image to go to the publication)
Marko Šterk, Yaowen Zhang, Viljem Pohorec, Eva Paradiž Leitgeb, Jurij Dolenšek, Richard K. P. Benninger, Andraž Stožer *, Vira Kravets*, Marko Gosak*.
Network representation of multicellular activity in pancreatic islets: Technical considerations for functional connectivity analysis
PLOS Computational Biology
2022 (click on the image to go to the publication)
R. Benninger*, Kravets*.
The physiological role of β-cell heterogeneity in pancreatic islet function.
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
2021 (click on the image to go to the publication)
V. Kravets*, J.Dwulet, W.Schleicher,D. Hodson, A.Davis,L. Pyle,R. Piscopio,M. Sticco-Ivins,R. Benninger*.
Functional architecture of pancreatic islets identifies a population of first responder cells that drive the first-phase calcium response.
PLOS Biology
2020 (click on the image to go to the publication)
M.do Amaral,V. Kravets,J. Dwulet,N. Farnsworth,R. Piscopio, W. Schleicher,J. Miranda,R. Benninger*.
Caloric restriction recovers impaired β-cell-β-cell gap junction coupling, calcium oscillation coordination, and insulin secretion in prediabetic mice.
American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism