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Randy J. Seeley is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics within medicine and biochemistry, with a primary focus on physiology, molecular biology, and surgery.

Seeley's work centers on diet and metabolism studies, bariatric surgery and outcomes, and the roles of biomarkers such as GDF15 in regulating appetite and obesity. Additional research topics include pancreatic function and diabetes, nutrition and health in aging, and adipose tissue metabolism.

Major publication venues for Seeley's research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Metabolism, Cell Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cell Reports.

  • Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Central glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor activation inhibits Toll-like receptor agonist-induced inflammation, 2023, Cell Metabolism
  • Violet-light suppression of thermogenesis by opsin 5 hypothalamic neurons, 2020, Nature
  • Pharmacological but not physiological GDF15 suppresses feeding and the motivation to exercise, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Calcitonin Receptor Neurons in the Mouse Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Control Energy Balance via the Non-aversive Suppression of Feeding, 2020, Cell Metabolism

Frequent coauthors working alongside Seeley include Nadejda Bozadjieva-Kramer, Darleen A. Sandoval, Martin G. Myers, Alfor G. Lewis, and Stace Kernodle.

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Rheumatology

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Central nervous system control of food intake

    Michael W. Schwartz;Stephen C. Woods;Daniel Porte;Randy J. Seeley

  • Identification of targets of leptin action in rat hypothalamus

    M W Schwartz;R J Seeley;L A Campfield;P Burn

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)

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

  • Signals That Regulate Food Intake and Energy Homeostasis

    Stephen C. Woods;Randy J. Seeley;Daniel Porte;Michael W. Schwartz

  • Hypothalamic mTOR Signaling Regulates Food Intake

    Daniela Cota;Karine Proulx;Kathi A. Blake Smith;Sara C. Kozma

  • A Randomized Trial Comparing a Very Low Carbohydrate Diet and a Calorie-Restricted Low Fat Diet on Body Weight and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Healthy Women

    Bonnie J. Brehm;Randy J. Seeley;Stephen R. Daniels;David A. D’Alessio

  • Specificity of Leptin Action on Elevated Blood Glucose Levels and Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y Gene Expression in ob/ob Mice

    Michael W. Schwartz;Denis G. Baskin;Thomas R. Bukowski;Joseph L. Kuijper

  • Leptin Increases Hypothalamic Pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA Expression in the Rostral Arcuate Nucleus

    Michael W Schwartz;Randy J Seeley;Stephen C Woods;David S Weigle

  • Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity.

    Francesco Rubino;Francesco Rubino;Rebecca M. Puhl;David E. Cummings;Robert H. Eckel

  • FXR is a molecular target for the effects of vertical sleeve gastrectomy

    Karen K. Ryan;Valentina Tremaroli;Christoffer Clemmensen;Christoffer Clemmensen;Petia Kovatcheva-Datchary

  • Obesity and leptin resistance: distinguishing cause from effect.

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

  • Mice lacking ghrelin receptors resist the development of diet-induced obesity

    Jeffrey M. Zigman;Yoshihide Nakano;Roberto Coppari;Nina Balthasar

  • A Controlled High-Fat Diet Induces an Obese Syndrome in Rats

    Stephen C. Woods;Randy J. Seeley;Paul A. Rushing;David D’Alessio

  • A rationally designed monomeric peptide triagonist corrects obesity and diabetes in rodents

    Brian Finan;Bin Yang;Nickki Ottaway;David L Smiley

  • Obesity Pathogenesis: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement

    Michael W Schwartz;Randy J Seeley;Lori M Zeltser;Adam Drewnowski

  • Melanocortin receptors in leptin effects

    Randy J. Seeley;Keith A. Yagaloff;Stewart L. Fisher;Paul Burn

  • Insulin and leptin: dual adiposity signals to the brain for the regulation of food intake and body weight.

    Denis G. Baskin;Dianne Figlewicz Lattemann;Randy J. Seeley;Stephen C. Woods

  • The Catabolic Action of Insulin in the Brain Is Mediated by Melanocortins

    Stephen C. Benoit;Ellen L. Air;Lique M. Coolen;Richelle Strauss

  • 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

  • Is the energy homeostasis system inherently biased toward weight gain

    Michael W. Schwartz;Stephen C. Woods;Randy J. Seeley;Gregory S. Barsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Woods
Stephen C. Woods University of Cincinnati
David A. D'Alessio
David A. D'Alessio Duke University
Stephen C. Benoit
Stephen C. Benoit University of Cincinnati
Michael W. Schwartz
Michael W. Schwartz University of Washington
Deborah J. Clegg
Deborah J. Clegg Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Matthias H. Tschöp
Matthias H. Tschöp Technical University of Munich
Patrick Tso
Patrick Tso University of Cincinnati
Denis G. Baskin
Denis G. Baskin University of Washington
James P. Herman
James P. Herman University of Cincinnati
Paul T. Pfluger
Paul T. Pfluger Helmholtz Zentrum München

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