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Jeffrey M. Friedman (born July 20, 1954) is a molecular geneticist at New York City's Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity.
Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD, (nacido el 20 de julio de 1954) es un especialista en genética molecular en la Universidad Rockefeller de Nueva York y un investigador del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes.
Friedman studies the molecular and neural mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight. Genetic studies in mice led to the identification of leptin, a hormone made by fat tissue that plays a key role in controlling appetite and weight.
Jeffrey M. Friedman. Professor; Investigator, HHMI. The application of modern methods in genetics has led to the identification of a new hormone, leptin, that regulates body weight. Leptin is an adipose tissue hormone that interacts with receptors in the brain to regulate food intake, energy expenditure and other neuroendocrine systems.
12 de ago. de 2019 · Jeffrey Friedman reviews the biology and evolutionary role of leptin as a regulator of behaviour and metabolism.
- Jeffrey M Friedman
- friedj@mail.rockefeller.edu
- 2019
Jeffrey Friedman investigates the physiologic and neural mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight. Specifically, Friedman and his team identified and study leptin, a hormone made by fat tissue that acts on the brain and is the afferent signal in a feedback loop maintaining body weight.
Friedman, Jeffrey M. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marilyn M. Simpson Professor Laboratory of Molecular Genetics Laboratory of Molecular Genetics.
