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  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Stephen R. Bloom is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with significant contributions spanning Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including Diabetes Treatment and Management, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Diet and metabolism studies, and the Regulation of Appetite and Obesity.

Recent academic publications by Stephen R. Bloom include:

  • "100 years of glucagon and 100 more" (2023) published in Diabetologia
  • "Genetic and biased agonist-mediated reductions in β-arrestin recruitment prolong cAMP signaling at glucagon family receptors" (2020) published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Comparison of an Initial Risk-Based Testing Strategy vs Usual Testing in Stable Symptomatic Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease" (2023) published in JAMA Cardiology
  • "CBD Effects on TRPV1 Signaling Pathways in Cultured DRG Neurons" (2020) published in Journal of Pain Research
  • "Disconnect between signalling potency and in vivo efficacy of pharmacokinetically optimised biased glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists" (2020) published in Molecular Metabolism

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephen R. Bloom include:

  • Tricia Tan (39 publications)
  • Ben Jones (26 publications)
  • Alejandra Tomás (19 publications)
  • James Minnion (14 publications)
  • Philip Pickford (12 publications)

Publication venues with multiple appearances by this scientist are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 8 publications
  • Molecular Metabolism - 6 publications
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism - 5 publications
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society - 4 publications
  • Diabetes Care - 3 publications

Stephen R. Bloom was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Ghrelin enhances appetite and increases food intake in humans.

    A. M. Wren;L. J. Seal;M. A. Cohen;A. E. Brynes

  • Gut hormone PYY 3-36 physiologically inhibits food intake

    Rachel L. Batterham;Michael A. Cowley;Caroline J. Small;Herbert Herzog

  • Leptin modulates the T-cell immune response and reverses starvation-induced immunosuppression

    Graham M. Lord;Giuseppe Matarese;Jane K. Howard;Richard J. Baker

  • A role for glucagon-like peptide-1 in the central regulation of feeding

    M. D. Turton;D. O'Shea;I. Gunn;S. A. Beak

  • The Novel Hypothalamic Peptide Ghrelin Stimulates Food Intake and Growth Hormone Secretion

    A. M. Wren;C. J. Small;H. L. Ward;K. G. Murphy

  • Glucagon-like peptide-1 7-36: a physiological incretin in man.

    B. Kreymann;M.A. Ghatei;G. Williams;S.R. Bloom

  • Inhibition of food intake in obese subjects by peptide YY3-36.

    Rachel L Batterham;Mark A Cohen;Sandra M Ellis;Carel W Le Roux

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)

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

  • Ghrelin Causes Hyperphagia and Obesity in Rats

    Alison M. Wren;Caroline J. Small;Caroline R. Abbott;Waljit S. Dhillo

  • Neuropeptide Y (NPY)‐like immunoreactivity in peripheral noradrenergic neurons and effects of NPY on sympathetic function

    Jan M. Lundberg;Lars Terenius;Tomas Hökfelt;Claes R. Martling

  • Neuropeptide Y distribution in the rat brain

    YS Allen;TE Adrian;JM Allen;K Tatemoto

  • Human distribution and release of a putative new gut hormone, peptide YY

    T E Adrian;G L Ferri;A J Bacarese-Hamilton;H S Fuessl

  • Gut Hormone Profiles Following Bariatric Surgery Favor an Anorectic State, Facilitate Weight Loss, and Improve Metabolic Parameters

    Carel W. le Roux;Simon J. B. Aylwin;Rachel L. Batterham;Cynthia M. Borg

  • Effects of targeted delivery of propionate to the human colon on appetite regulation, body weight maintenance and adiposity in overweight adults

    Edward S. Chambers;Alexander Viardot;Arianna Psichas;Douglas J. Morrison

  • Ghrelin increases energy intake in cancer patients with impaired appetite: acute, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

    Nicola M. Neary;Caroline J. Small;Alison M. Wren;Jennifer L. Lee

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the spinal cord of man and of eight other species

    SJ Gibson;JM Polak;SR Bloom;IM Sabate

  • Characterization of a gastrin releasing peptide from porcine non-antral gastric tissue.

    T.J. McDonald;H. Jörnvall;G. Nilsson;M. Vagne

  • AMP-activated Protein Kinase Plays a Role in the Control of Food Intake

    Ulrika Andersson;Karin Filipsson;Caroline R. Abbott;Angela Woods

  • Gut hormones and the regulation of energy homeostasis

    Kevin G. Murphy;Stephen R. Bloom

  • Gut hormones as mediators of appetite and weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

    Carel W. le Roux;Richard Welbourn;Malin Werling;Alan Osborne

Frequent Co-Authors

M. A. Ghatei
M. A. Ghatei Imperial College London
Waljit S. Dhillo
Waljit S. Dhillo Imperial College London
Gary Frost
Gary Frost Imperial College London
Carel W. le Roux
Carel W. le Roux University College Dublin
Guy A. Rutter
Guy A. Rutter Imperial College London
Thomas E. Adrian
Thomas E. Adrian Northwestern University
Jimmy D. Bell
Jimmy D. Bell University of Westminster
J.M. Polak
J.M. Polak Hammersmith Hospital
Kazuhiro Takahashi
Kazuhiro Takahashi Tohoku University
Dominic J. Withers
Dominic J. Withers Imperial College London

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