Dr. Barbara Kahn, MD

• Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

• Internal Medicine

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• Stanford University

  Medical School, 1977

• English

• Chinese

• Novel mechanisms by which fat cells regulate systemic insulin sensitivity and diabetes risk, 2012-06-01

• Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase Is Not Involved in Hypothalamic AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Activation by Neuroglucopenia, 2012-05-10

• Elevated hypothalamic TCPTP in obesity contributes to cellular leptin resistance, 2011-10-13

• Methodological Issues in Studying PAHSA Biology: Masking PAHSA Effects, 2018-09-20

• CREB and ChREBP oppositely regulate SIRT1 expression in response to energy availability, 2011-09-30

• ATGL is a biosynthetic enzyme for fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids, 2022-06-08

• Obesity-linked PPAR? S273 phosphorylation promotes insulin resistance through Growth Differentiation Factor 3, 2020-09-16

• Leptin and insulin act on POMC neurons to promote the browning of white fat, 2015-01-15

• Adipocyte-Specific Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B Deletion Increases Lipogenesis, Adipocyte Cell Size and Is a Minor Regulator of Glucose Homeostasis, 2012-02-28

• Distinct biological activities of isomers from several families of branched fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFAs), 2021-08-18

• Plasma Retinol-Binding Protein 4 (RBP4) Levels and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Prospective Analysis among Women in the Nurses' Health Study, 2013-04-12

• Overexpressing the novel autocrine/endocrine adipokine WISP2 induces hyperplasia of the heart, white and brown adipose tissues and prevents insulin resistance, 2017-02-27

• The Relationship of Retinol Binding Protein 4 to Changes in Insulin Resistance and Cardiometabolic Risk in Overweight Black Adolescents, 2008-09-10

• Adipose tissue regulates insulin sensitivity: role of adipogenesis,de novolipogenesis and novel lipids, 2016-10-03

• AMPK-dependent degradation of TXNIP upon energy stress leads to enhanced glucose uptake via GLUT1, 2013-02-28

• Adipose tissue dysregulation and reduced insulin sensitivity in non-obese individuals with enlarged abdominal adipose cells, 2012-09-19

• Insulin Resistance Is Not Sustained Following Denervation in Glycolytic Skeletal Muscle, 2021-05-06

• A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based workflow for measurement of branched Fatty Acid esters of Hydroxy Fatty Acids (FAHFAs), 2016-03-17

• High-throughput mediation analysis of human proteome and metabolome identifies mediators of post-bariatric surgical diabetes control, 2021-11-29

• Absence of Carbohydrate Response Element Binding Protein in Adipocytes Causes Systemic Insulin Resistance and Impairs Glucose Transport, 2017-10-24

• Adipose tissue dysfunction is associated with low levels of the novel Palmitic Acid Hydroxystearic Acids, 2018-10-25

• Palmitic Acid Hydroxy Stearic Acids Activate GPR40 Which is Involved in Their Beneficial Effects on Glucose Homeostasis, 2018-02-06

• Biguanide therapy for diabetes and cancer & a novel methyltransferase that regulates energy expenditure and adiposity and is elevated in many cancers, 2014-05-28

• RBP4 activates antigen-presenting cells leading to adipose tissue inflammation and systemic insulin resistance, 2014-03-04

• Application of combined omics platforms to accelerate biomedical discovery in diabesity, 2013-05-09

• NicotinamideN-methyltransferase knockdown protects against diet-induced obesity, 2014-04-10

• Leptin, GABA and Glucose Control, 2013-09-03

• Insulin action in adipocytes, adipose remodeling, and systemic effects, 2021-04-06

• Bioactive lipids and metabolic syndrome-a symposium report, 2022-02-25

• Metabolites as regulators of insulin sensitivity and metabolism, 2019-02-02

• Discovery of a class of endogenous mammalian lipids with anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects, 2014-10-09

• AIG1 and ADTRP are Atypical Integral Membrane Hydrolases that Degrade Bioactive FAHFAs, 2016-03-28