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Overview

Peter R. Flatt is affiliated with the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics, including:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes treatment and management
  • Neuropeptides and animal physiology
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Metabolism, diabetes, and cancer
  • Diabetes management and research
  • Regulation of appetite and obesity

Key recent publications by Peter R. Flatt include:

  • Maternal inheritance of glucose intolerance via oocyte TET3 insufficiency, 2022, Nature
  • An update on peptide-based therapies for type 2 diabetes and obesity, 2023, Peptides
  • Proglucagon-Derived Peptides as Therapeutics, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Liraglutide and sitagliptin counter beta- to alpha-cell transdifferentiation in diabetes, 2020, Journal of Endocrinology
  • Anti-hyperglycaemic activity of H. rosa-sinensis leaves is partly mediated by inhibition of carbohydrate digestion and absorption, and enhancement of insulin secretion, 2020, Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter R. Flatt are:

  • Nigel Irwin
  • R. Charlotte Moffett
  • Neil Tanday
  • Ryan A. Lafferty
  • Yasser H.A. Abdel-Wahab

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with a notable number of papers appearing in:

  • Peptides
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Best Publications

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)

    T.D. Müller;B. Finan;S.R. Bloom;D. D'Alessio

  • Traditional plant treatments for diabetes. Studies in normal and streptozotocin diabetic mice

    S. K. Swanston-Flatt;C. Day;C. J. Bailey;P. R. Flatt

  • Abnormal plasma glucose and insulin responses in heterozygous lean (ob/+) mice.

    P. R. Flatt;C. J. Bailey

  • Insulin-releasing and insulin-like activity of the traditional anti-diabetic plant Coriandrum sativum (coriander).

    Alison M. Gray;Peter R. Flatt

  • Characterization of a Novel Glucose-Responsive Insulin-Secreting Cell Line, BRIN-BD11, Produced by Electrofusion

    Neville H McClenaghan;Christopher R Barnett;Eric Ah-Sing;Yasser H A Abdel-Wahab

  • The effects of traditional antidiabetic plants on in vitro glucose diffusion

    Alison Gallagher;Peter Flatt;G Duffy;Yasser Abdel-Wahab

  • Soluble dietary fibre fraction of Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek) seed improves glucose homeostasis in animal models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes by delaying carbohydrate digestion and absorption, and enhancing insulin action

    J. M. A. Hannan;L. Ali;B. Rokeya;J. Khaleque

  • Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) inhibitors: A newly emerging drug class for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

    Brian D Green;Peter R Flatt;Clifford J Bailey

  • Glycaemic effects of traditional European plant treatments for diabetes. Studies in normal and streptozotocin diabetic mice.

    S K Swanston-Flatt;C Day;P R Flatt;B J Gould

  • GIP receptor antagonism reverses obesity, insulin resistance, and associated metabolic disturbances induced in mice by prolonged consumption of high-fat diet.

    Paula L McClean;Nigel Irwin;Roslyn S Cassidy;Jens Juul Holst

  • The Traditional Plant Treatment, Sambucus nigra (elder), Exhibits Insulin-Like and Insulin-Releasing Actions In Vitro

    Alison M. Gray;Yasser H. A. Abdel-Wahab;Peter R. Flatt

  • Inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase IV activity by oral metformin in Type 2 diabetes

    John Lindsay;Nicola Duffy;Aine Mckillop;Joy Ardill

  • PKC-dependent stimulation of exocytosis by sulfonylureas in pancreatic beta cells

    Lena Eliasson;Erik Renström;Carina Ämmälä;Per Olof Berggren

  • Potential therapeutic applications of multifunctional host-defense peptides from frog skin as anti-cancer, anti-viral, immunomodulatory, and anti-diabetic agents

    J. Michael Conlon;J. Michael Conlon;Milena Mechkarska;Miodrag L. Lukic;Peter R. Flatt

  • Ocimum sanctum leaf extracts stimulate insulin secretion from perfused pancreas, isolated islets and clonal pancreatic beta-cells.

    Jma Hannan;L Marenah;L Ali;B Rokeya

  • Insulin-releasing and insulin-like activity of Agaricus campestris (mushroom)

    Alison Gray;PR Flatt

  • Administration of an acylated GLP-1 and GIP preparation provides added beneficial glucose-lowering and insulinotropic actions over single incretins in mice with Type 2 diabetes and obesity

    Victor A. Gault;Barry D. Kerr;Patrick Harriott;Peter R. Flatt

  • EVALUATION OF TRADITIONAL PLANT TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES: STUDIES IN STREPTOZOTOCIN DIABETIC MICE,

    Sara K. Swanston-Flatt;Caroline Day;Clifford J. Bailey;Peter R. Flatt

  • Insulin-secreting activity of the traditional antidiabetic plant Viscum album (mistletoe).

    Alison Gray;Peter Flatt

  • Antihyperglycemic Actions of Eucalyptus globulus (Eucalyptus) are Associated with Pancreatic and Extra-Pancreatic Effects in Mice

    Alison M. Gray;Peter R. Flatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford J. Bailey
Clifford J. Bailey Aston University
J. Michael Conlon
J. Michael Conlon University of Ulster
Philip Newsholme
Philip Newsholme Curtin University
Costas Ioannides
Costas Ioannides University of Surrey
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Christian Hölscher
Christian Hölscher Henan University
Per-Olof Berggren
Per-Olof Berggren Karolinska Institute
Sigurd Lenzen
Sigurd Lenzen Hannover Medical School
Fiona M. Gribble
Fiona M. Gribble University of Cambridge
Frank Reimann
Frank Reimann University of Cambridge

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