Jeffrey M. Friedman
Jeffrey M. Friedman (born July 20, 1954) is a molecular geneticist at New York City's Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity. Friedman is a physician scientist studying the genetic mechanisms that regulate body weight. His research on various aspects of obesity received national attention in late 1994, when it was announced that he and his colleagues had isolated the mouse ob gene and its human homologue. They subsequently found that injections of the encoded protein, leptin, decreases body weight of mice by reducing food intake and increasing energy expenditure. Current research is aimed at understanding the genetic basis of obesity in human and the mechanisms by which leptin transmits its weight-reducing signal. Provided by Wikipedia-
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3by Zachary A Knight, Sarah F Schmidt, Kivanc Birsoy, Keith Tan, Jeffrey M FriedmanGet full text
Published 2014-09-01
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14by Ana I Domingos, Aylesse Sordillo, Marcelo O Dietrich, Zhong-Wu Liu, Luis A Tellez, Jake Vaynshteyn, Jozelia G Ferreira, Mats I Ekstrand, Tamas L Horvath, Ivan E de Araujo, Jeffrey M FriedmanGet full text
Published 2013-12-01
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15by Alexander R. Nectow, Maria V. Moya, Mats I. Ekstrand, Awni Mousa, Kelly L. McGuire, Caroline E. Sferrazza, Bianca C. Field, Gabrielle S. Rabinowitz, Kirsty Sawicka, Yupu Liang, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Nathaniel Heintz, Eric F. SchmidtGet full text
Published 2017-04-01
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16Genome-wide association studies in an isolated founder population from the Pacific Island of Kosrae.by Jennifer K Lowe, Julian B Maller, Itsik Pe'er, Benjamin M Neale, Jacqueline Salit, Eimear E Kenny, Jessica L Shea, Ralph Burkhardt, J Gustav Smith, Weizhen Ji, Martha Noel, Jia Nee Foo, Maude L Blundell, Vita Skilling, Laura Garcia, Marcia L Sullivan, Heather E Lee, Anna Labek, Hope Ferdowsian, Steven B Auerbach, Richard P Lifton, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Jan L Breslow, Markus Stoffel, Mark J Daly, David M Altshuler, Jeffrey M FriedmanGet full text
Published 2009-02-01
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