- The role of homeodomain transcription factors, basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, and PPAR-gamma during the development of islets and the pathogenesis of islet dysfunction in type 1 and type 2 diabetes,
- The interrelationships between chromatin structure and gene transcription in the mature islet, and
- The role of post-transcriptional mechanisms in cytokine-mediated islet dysfunction.
Diabetes, islet biology, insulin action, islet inflammation, islet autoimmunity, diabetes biomarkers, B cell development, obesity, insulin resistance
