N. L. Alves

Zinc restriction promotes β-cell hyper-hormonemia and endocrine pancreas degeneration in mice

This study shows that zinc restriction in mice leads to increased β-cell hormone levels and pancreatic islet degeneration despite reduced islet size.

FoxN1-dependent thymic epithelial cells promote T-cell leukemia development

The paper identifies FoxN1-dependent thymic epithelial cells as promoters of T-cell leukemia development using a mouse model.