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Eleftheria Maratos-Flier is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work delves deeply into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Surgery, Cancer Research, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, as well as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's scholarly contributions have addressed a variety of topics, including:

  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Kruppel-like factors research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Eleftheria Maratos-Flier include:

  • LLF580, an FGF21 Analog, Reduces Triglycerides and Hepatic Fat in Obese Adults With Modest Hypertriglyceridemia, 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Weight Loss Outcomes Among Early High Responders to Exenatide Treatment: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study in Overweight and Obese Women, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Global deletion of NTPDase3 protects against diet-induced obesity by increasing basal energy metabolism, 2021, Metabolism
  • MicroRNA-22 Is a Key Regulator of Lipid and Metabolic Homeostasis, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Safety and efficacy of a novel ANGPTL4 inhibitory antibody for lipid lowering: results from phase 1 and phase 1b/2a clinical studies, 2025, The Lancet

Eleftheria Maratos-Flier frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Douglas Hom, Markus Hinder, Craig T. Basson, Beryl B. Cummings, and Page Bouchard. These collaborations have contributed to advances in their shared areas of focus.

The scientist's work is often published in recognized venues such as The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Diabetes, The Lancet, Frontiers in Endocrinology, and Metabolism. These venues highlight the interdisciplinary nature and clinical relevance of the research.

Best Publications

  • Role of leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting

    Rexford S. Ahima;Daniel Prabakaran;Christos Mantzoros;Daqing Qu

  • A role for melanin-concentrating hormone in the central regulation of feeding behaviour

    Daqing Qu;David S. Ludwig;Steen Gammeltoft;Megan Piper

  • Hepatic Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Is Regulated by PPARα and Is a Key Mediator of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in Ketotic States

    Michael K. Badman;Pavlos Pissios;Adam R. Kennedy;George Koukos

  • Rapid, reversible activation of AgRP neurons drives feeding behavior in mice

    Michael J. Krashes;Shuichi Koda;Chian Ping Ye;Sarah C. Rogan

  • FGF21 regulates PGC-1α and browning of white adipose tissues in adaptive thermogenesis

    ffolliott M. Fisher;Sandra Kleiner;Nicholas Douris;Elliott C. Fox

  • Mice lacking melanin-concentrating hormone are hypophagic and lean

    Masako Shimada;Nicholas A. Tritos;Bradford B. Lowell;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • STAT3 signalling is required for leptin regulation of energy balance but not reproduction.

    Sarah H. Bates;Walter H. Stearns;Trevor A. Dundon;Markus Schubert

  • Chemically defined projections linking the mediobasal hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamic area

    Carol F. Elias;Clifford B. Saper;Eleftheria Maratos-Flier;Nicholas A. Tritos

  • Telomerase reactivation reverses tissue degeneration in aged telomerase-deficient mice

    Mariela Jaskelioff;Florian L. Muller;Ji Hye Paik;Emily Thomas

  • Obesity Is a Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21)-Resistant State

    ffolliott M. Fisher;Patricia C. Chui;Patrick J. Antonellis;Holly A. Bina

  • A guide to analysis of mouse energy metabolism

    Matthias H Tschöp;John R Speakman;John R Speakman;Jonathan R S Arch;Johan Auwerx

  • Understanding the Physiology of FGF21

    Ffolliott Martin Fisher;Eleftheria Maratos-Flier

  • Increased Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Jody Dushay;Patricia C Chui;Gosala S Gopalakrishnan;Marta Varela-Rey

  • Melanin-concentrating hormone overexpression in transgenic mice leads to obesity and insulin resistance

    David S. Ludwig;Nicholas A. Tritos;Jason W. Mastaitis;Rohit Kulkarni

  • Leptin Regulation of the Mesoaccumbens Dopamine Pathway

    Stephanie Fulton;Pavlos Pissios;Ramon Pinol Manchon;Linsey Stiles

  • Unraveling the central nervous system pathways underlying responses to leptin

    Joel K. Elmquist;Eleftheria Maratos-Flier;Clifford B. Saper;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • Skeletal Muscle Fiber-type Switching, Exercise Intolerance, and Myopathy in PGC-1α Muscle-specific Knock-out Animals

    Christoph Handschin;Sherry Chin;Ping Li;Fenfen Liu

  • Serum Bile Acids Are Higher in Humans With Prior Gastric Bypass: Potential Contribution to Improved Glucose and Lipid Metabolism

    Mary Elizabeth Patti;Mary Elizabeth Patti;Sander M. Houten;Antonio C. Bianco;Raquel Bernier

  • Obesity and the Hypothalamus: Novel Peptides for New Pathways

    Jeffrey S Flier;Eleftheria Maratos-Flier;Eleftheria Maratos-Flier

  • Transcriptional control of adipose lipid handling by IRF4.

    Jun Eguchi;Xun Wang;Songtao Yu;Erin E. Kershaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Flier
Jeffrey S. Flier Harvard University
Alexei Kharitonenkov
Alexei Kharitonenkov Indiana University
Christos S. Mantzoros
Christos S. Mantzoros Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bradford B. Lowell
Bradford B. Lowell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
David S. Ludwig
David S. Ludwig Boston Children's Hospital
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
C. Ronald Kahn
C. Ronald Kahn Harvard University
Eric Verdin
Eric Verdin Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Bruce M. Spiegelman
Bruce M. Spiegelman Harvard University

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