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Overview

Márta Korbonits is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom and has an extensive publication record in the field of medicine, with a strong focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. The body of work demonstrates a significant dedication to the study of pituitary gland disorders and related treatments.

The primary research areas covered by Márta Korbonits include:

  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders

The main fields of study include medicine broadly, with a specialization in subfields such as:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Genetics
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology

Márta Korbonits has frequently published in several key academic venues, reflecting areas of expertise and research interest:

  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Endocrine Related Cancer

Collaboration features prominently in Korbonits's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Sayka Barry
  • Pinaki Dutta
  • Paul Benjamin Loughrey
  • Pedro Marques
  • Ashley Grossman

Recent published papers demonstrate a focus on pituitary tumorigenesis, tumor management, and metabolic therapy. Some notable publications are:

  • Novel Insights into Pituitary Tumorigenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms, 2020, Endocrine Reviews
  • Aggressive Pituitary Tumours and Carcinomas, Characteristics and Management of 171 Patients, 2022, European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Corticotroph Aggressive Pituitary Tumors and Carcinomas Frequently Harbor ATRX Mutations, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Metformin to Reduce Metabolic Complications and Inflammation in Patients on Systemic Glucocorticoid Therapy: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Proof-of-Concept, Phase 2 Trial, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Significant Benefits of AIP Testing and Clinical Screening in Familial Isolated and Young-onset Pituitary Tumors, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Best Publications

  • The tissue distribution of the mRNA of ghrelin and subtypes of its receptor, GHS-R, in humans

    Sharmilee Gnanapavan;Blerina Kola;Stephen A. Bustin;Damian G. Morris

  • Metformin—mode of action and clinical implications for diabetes and cancer

    Ida Pernicova;Márta Korbonits

  • Ghrelin--a hormone with multiple functions.

    Márta Korbonits;Anthony P Goldstone;Maria Gueorguiev;Ashley B Grossman

  • Cannabinoids and Ghrelin Have Both Central and Peripheral Metabolic and Cardiac Effects via AMP-activated Protein Kinase

    Blerina Kola;Erika Hubina;Sonia A. Tucci;Tim C. Kirkham

  • A HIF1α Regulatory Loop Links Hypoxia and Mitochondrial Signals in Pheochromocytomas

    Patricia L. M. Dahia;Ken N Ross;Matthew E Wright;Cesar Y. Hayashida

  • The expression of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor ligand ghrelin in normal and abnormal human pituitary and other neuroendocrine tumors.

    Márta Korbonits;Stephen A. Bustin;Masayasu Kojima;Suzanne Jordan

  • AMPK as a mediator of hormonal signalling.

    Chung Thong Lim;Blerina Kola;Márta Korbonits

  • Imprinting of the Gsα gene GNAS1 in the pathogenesis of acromegaly

    Bruce E. Hayward;Anne Barlier;Márta Korbonits;Ashley B. Grossman

  • The Orexigenic Effect of Ghrelin Is Mediated through Central Activation of the Endogenous Cannabinoid System

    Blerina Kola;Imre Farkas;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Gábor Wittmann

  • The role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein gene in familial and sporadic pituitary adenomas.

    Chrysanthia A. Leontiou;Maria Gueorguiev;Jacqueline van der Spuy;Richard Quinton

  • Comparison of Somatostatin Analog and Meta-Iodobenzylguanidine Radionuclides in the Diagnosis and Localization of Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors

    G. Kaltsas;M. Korbonits;E. Heintz;J. J. Mukherjee

  • The epidemiology of pituitary adenomas in Iceland, 1955–2012: a nationwide population-based study

    Tomas Thor Agustsson;Tinna Baldvinsdottir;Jon G Jonasson;Elinborg Olafsdottir

  • From pituitary adenoma to pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET): an International Pituitary Pathology Club proposal

    S L Asa;O Casar-Borota;P Chanson;E Delgrange

  • Expanding role of AMPK in endocrinology

    Blerina Kola;Marco Boscaro;Guy A. Rutter;Ashley B. Grossman

  • Epidemiology and etiopathogenesis of pituitary adenomas.

    Elena D. Aflorei;Márta Korbonits

  • The cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716 blocks the orexigenic effects of intrahypothalamic ghrelin

    Sonia A Tucci;Elizabeth K Rogers;Márta Korbonits;Tim C Kirkham

  • Pituitary blastoma: a pathognomonic feature of germ-line DICER1 mutations.

    Leanne de Kock;Leanne de Kock;Nelly Sabbaghian;François Plourde;Archana Srivastava

  • Presence of ghrelin in normal and adenomatous human pituitary.

    Márta Korbonits;Masayasu Kojima;Kenji Kangawa;Ashley B. Grossman

  • A variation in the ghrelin gene increases weight and decreases insulin secretion in tall, obese children.

    Márta Korbonits;Maria Gueorguiev;Eithne O’Grady;Cecile Lecoeur

  • [Ghrelin--a hormone with multiple functions].

    Erika Hubina;Miklós Góth;Márta Korbonits

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashley B. Grossman
Ashley B. Grossman University of Oxford
Maria I. New
Maria I. New Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kenneth R. Feingold
Kenneth R. Feingold University of California, San Francisco
Aaron I. Vinik
Aaron I. Vinik Eastern Virginia Medical School
Jerome M. Hershman
Jerome M. Hershman University of California, Los Angeles
George P. Chrousos
George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Robert I McLachlan
Robert I McLachlan Monash University
John E. Morley
John E. Morley Saint Louis University
Sian Ellard
Sian Ellard University of Exeter
Peter J Trainer
Peter J Trainer University of Manchester

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