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RESEARCH GROUPS
Brain Glucose Sensor, Satiety Control,
Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes
Programme: P1
Lead Researcher: Blázquez Fernández, Enrique Group members
STAFF MEMBERS: Hurtado Carneiro, Verónica ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Álvarez Garcia, Elvira | Navas Hernández, María de los Ángeles | Roncero Rincón,
Isabel | Ruiz Albusac, Juan Miguel | Sanz Miguel, Carmen | Velázquez Sánchez, Esther
Main lines of research
• Modifications of cerebral glucose metabolism in pathophysiological states related to feeding behav- iour .
• The effects of GLP-1 and GLP-2 on the expression and activity of hypothalamic metabolic sensors and characterization of the neuroprotective role of these peptides .
• The effect of GLP-2 on the proliferation and apoptosis of cultured rat astrocytes . • Signalling and the biological effects of GLP-1 on mesenchymal stem cells of human bone marrow and
mouse embryonic stem cells - its effect on cell differentiation .
• Molecular diagnosis of monogenic diabetes (MODY) and the functional characterization of MODY mutations .
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