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Martin G. Myers

Martin G. Myers

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D-Index
114
Citations
42563
World Ranking
4785
National Ranking
187

Overview

Martin G. Myers is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to research at the interface of medicine and neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on the regulation of appetite, obesity, and metabolic processes.

Their research spans several interconnected fields, with main areas of study including Medicine and Neuroscience. Subfields of particular emphasis are Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The major topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • GDF15 and Related Biomarkers

Frequently collaborating with several scholars, Martin G. Myers has coauthored many papers with David P. Olson, Alan C. Rupp, Randy J. Seeley, Alison H. Affinati, and Paul V. Sabatini.

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes, eLife, Nature Metabolism, and Endocrinology.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Martin G. Myers include:

  • "Central nervous system regulation of organismal energy and glucose homeostasis," 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • "A genetic map of the mouse dorsal vagal complex and its role in obesity," 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • "Calcitonin Receptor Neurons in the Mouse Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Control Energy Balance via the Non-aversive Suppression of Feeding," 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • "Hindbrain circuits in the control of eating behaviour and energy balance," 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • "Leptin receptor-expressing nucleus tractus solitarius neurons suppress food intake independently of GLP1 in mice," 2020, JCI Insight

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of leptin action and leptin resistance.

    Martin G Myers;Michael A Alexander Cowley;Heike Munzberg

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

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

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase is activated by association with IRS-1 during insulin stimulation.

    J M Backer;M G Myers;S E Shoelson;D J Chin

  • Role of IRS-2 in insulin and cytokine signalling

    Xiao Jian Sun;Ling Mei Wang;Yitao Zhang;Lynne Yenush

  • Activation of Downstream Signals by the Long Form of the Leptin Receptor

    Alexander S. Banks;Sarah M. Davis;Sarah H. Bates;Martin G. Myers

  • Obesity and leptin resistance: distinguishing cause from effect.

    Martin G. Myers;Rudolph L. Leibel;Randy J. Seeley;Michael W. Schwartz

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Plays a Central Role in Development of Leptin Resistance

    Lale Ozcan;Ayse Seda Ergin;Allen Lu;Jason Chung

  • Molecular and anatomical determinants of central leptin resistance

    Heike Münzberg;Martin G Myers

  • SOCS3 Mediates Feedback Inhibition of the Leptin Receptor via Tyr985

    Christian Bjørbæk;Hugh J. Lavery;Sarah H. Bates;Ryan K. Olson

  • Intracellular signalling. Key enzyme in leptin-induced anorexia.

    Kevin D. Niswender;Gregory J. Morton;Walter H. Stearns;Christopher J. Rhodes

  • Pleiotropic insulin signals are engaged by multisite phosphorylation of IRS-1

    Xiao Jian Sun;D. L. Crimmins;M. G. Myers;M. Miralpeix

  • Insulin activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus: a key mediator of insulin-induced anorexia

    Kevin D. Niswender;Christopher D. Morrison;Deborah J. Clegg;Ryan Olson

  • IRS-2 pathways integrate female reproduction and energy homeostasis

    Deborah J. Burks;Jaime Font de Mora;Markus Schubert;Dominic J. Withers

  • Characterization of signal transduction and glucose transport in skeletal muscle from type 2 diabetic patients.

    Anna Krook;Marie Björnholm;Dana Galuska;Xin Jian Jiang

  • IRS-1: essential for insulin- and IL-4-stimulated mitogenesis in hematopoietic cells.

    Ling Mei Wang;Martin G. Myers;Xiao Jian Sun;Stuart A. Aaronson

  • Leptin Acts via Leptin Receptor-Expressing Lateral Hypothalamic Neurons to Modulate the Mesolimbic Dopamine System and Suppress Feeding

    Gina M. Leinninger;Young Hwan Jo;Rebecca L. Leshan;Gwendolyn W. Louis

  • Divergent roles of SHP-2 in ERK activation by leptin receptors.

    Christian Bjørbæk;Ryan M. Buchholz;Sarah M. Davis;Sarah H. Bates

  • Insulin signal transduction and the IRS proteins.

    Martin G. Myers;Morris F. White

  • Central nervous system control of metabolism

    Martin G. Myers;David P. Olson

  • Caveolin Is an Activator of Insulin Receptor Signaling

    Manabu Yamamoto;Yoshiyuki Toya;Carsten Schwencke;Michael P. Lisanti

Frequent Co-Authors

Morris F. White
Morris F. White Boston Children's Hospital
Christopher J. Rhodes
Christopher J. Rhodes University of Chicago
Randy J. Seeley
Randy J. Seeley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jacalyn H. Pierce
Jacalyn H. Pierce National Institutes of Health
Lynne Yenush
Lynne Yenush Universitat Politècnica de València
Michael W. Schwartz
Michael W. Schwartz University of Washington
Christin Carter-Su
Christin Carter-Su University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Streamson C. Chua
Streamson C. Chua Albert Einstein College of Medicine
David I. Bernstein
David I. Bernstein University of Cincinnati
Peter J. Dempsey
Peter J. Dempsey University of Colorado Denver

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