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leaD researcher
Blázquez Fernández, Enrique
Universidad Complutense de madrid
Facultad de Farmacia Ciudad Universitaria, S/n 28040 Madrid
(+34) 91 394 14 43 [email protected] group Website
gROUP MEMBERS
Staff members: Hurtado Carneiro, Verónica
Associated members: Álvarez García, Elvira | Navas Hernández, María de Los Ángeles | Roncero Rincón, Isabel | Ruiz Albusac, Juan Miguel | Sanz Miguel, Carmen | Velázquez Sánchez, Esther
Main lines of research
• Modifications of cerebral glucose metabolism in pathophysiological states related to feeding behaviour.
• The effects of GLP-1 and GLP-2 on the expression and activity of hypothalamic metabolic sensors and
characterization of the neuroprotective role of these peptides.
• The effect of GLP-2 on the proliferation and apoptosis of cultured rat astrocytes.
• Signalling and the biological effects of GLP-1 on mesenchymal stem cells of human bone marrow and
mouse embryonic stem cells - its effect on cell differentiation.
• Molecular diagnosis of monogenic diabetes (MODY) and the functional characterization of MODY
mutations.
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