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Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc

Christos Mantzoros is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He serves as the Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Boston VA Healthcare System and the Director of the Human Nutrition Unit of the Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Joslin Diabetes Center.
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Parathyromatosis: a rare yet problematic etiology of recurrent and persistent hyperparathyroidism
June 2012(Vol. 61 | No. 6 | Pages 762-775)
Mirella P. Hage, Ibrahim Salti, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan

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Insulin resistance occurs in parallel with sensory neuropathy in streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats: differential response to early vs late insulin supplementation
June 2012(Vol. 61 | No. 6 | Pages 776-786)
Zoltán Szilvássy, Joseph Németh, Péter Kovács, György Paragh, Réka Sári, László Vígh, Barna Peitl

The effect of ziprasidone on body weight and energy expenditure in female rats
June 2012(Vol. 61 | No. 6 | Pages 787-793)
Subin Park, Min-Seon Kim, Churl Namkoong, Min-Hyeon Park, Jin Pyo Hong

The metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease: A structural equation modeling approach suggestive of a common underlying pathophysiology
24 May 2012
Jennifer E. Stevenson, Bruce R. Wright, Alan S. Boydstun
Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this research was to utilize a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach to simultaneously examine the relationship among the Metabolic Syndrome (MetSyn) and coro...
Acetylation and deacetylation—novel factors in muscle wasting
24 May 2012
Nima Alamdari, Zaira Aversa, Estibaliz Castillero, Per-Olof Hasselgren
Abstract: We review recent evidence that acetylation and deacetylation of cellular proteins, including transcription factors and nuclear cofactors, may be involved in the regulation of muscle mass. Th...
Loss of toll-like receptor 3 function improves glucose tolerance and reduces liver steatosis in obese mice
21 May 2012
Linda H. Wu, C. Chris Huang, Sree Adhikarakunnathu, Lani R. San Mateo, Karen E. Duffy, Patricia Rafferty, Peter Bugelski, Holly Raymond, Heather Deutsch, Kristen Picha, Christine K. Ward, Lena Alexoupolou, Richard A. Flavell, M. Lamine Mbow, Vedrana S. Susulic
Abstract: Objective: Emerging evidence suggests a link between innate immunity and development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D); however, the molecular mechanisms linking them are not fully understoo...
MicroRNA regulation of lipid metabolism
21 May 2012
Elena Flowers, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Bradley E. Aouizerat
Abstract: MicroRNAs are structural components of an epigenetic mechanism of post-transcriptional regulation of messenger RNA translation. Recently, there is significant interest in the application of ...
Snail, a transcriptional regulator, represses adiponectin expression by directly binding to an E-box motif in the promoter
18 May 2012
Young Mi Park, Yong-ho Lee, Soo Hyun Kim, Eun Young Lee, Kyung-Sup Kim, Darren R. Williams, Hyun Chul Lee
Abstract: Objective: Adiponectin is a hormone that modulates many metabolic processes and is exclusively expressed in adipose tissue. However, complete understanding of the factors that regulate adipo...

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Correction of metabolic abnormalities in a rodent model of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus by inhibitors of hepatic protein kinase C–ι
April 2012 (Vol. 61 | No. 4 | Pages 459-469)
Mini P. Sajan, Sonali Nimal, Stephen Mastorides, Mildred Acevedo-Duncan, C. Ronald Kahn, Alan P. Fields, Ursula Braun, Michael Leitges, Robert V. Farese
The relationship between vitamin D and the renin-angiotensin system in the pathophysiology of hypertension, kidney disease, and diabetes
April 2012 (Vol. 61 | No. 4 | Pages 450-458)
Anand Vaidya, Jonathan S. Williams
Management of type 2 diabetes: evolving strategies for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes
January 2011 (Vol. 60 | No. 1 | Pages 1-23)
Ebenezer A. Nyenwe, Terri W. Jerkins, Guillermo E. Umpierrez, Abbas E. Kitabchi
Addition of metformin to exogenous glucagon-like peptide–1 results in increased serum glucagon-like peptide–1 concentrations and greater glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes mellitus
January 2011 (Vol. 60 | No. 1 | Pages 52-56)
Joy Cuthbertson, Steven Patterson, Finbarr P. O'Harte, Patrick M. Bell
Vaspin and visfatin/Nampt are interesting interrelated adipokines playing a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus
January 2011 (Vol. 60 | No. 1 | Pages 63-70)
Hala O. El-Mesallamy, Dina H. Kassem, Ebtehal El-Demerdash, Ashraf I. Amin
Effects of lifestyle modification on metabolic parameters and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
August 2006 (Vol. 55 | No. 8 | Pages 1053-1059)
So Hun Kim, Suk Jeong Lee, Eun Seok Kang, Shinae Kang, Kyu Yeon Hur, Hyun Joo Lee, Chul Woo Ahn, Bong Soo Cha, Ji Soo Yoo, Hyun Chul Lee
Long-term metreleptin treatment increases bone mineral density and content at the lumbar spine of lean hypoleptinemic women
September 2011 (Vol. 60 | No. 9 | Pages 1211-1221)
Elizabeth Sienkiewicz, Faidon Magkos, Konstantinos N. Aronis, Mary Brinkoetter, John P. Chamberland, Sharon Chou, Kalliopi M. Arampatzi, Chuanyun Gao, Anastasia Koniaris, Christos S. Mantzoros

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