Dr. Sulay Tovar

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Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsCell Biology,Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolism
Keywordsleptin, obesity, synaptic inputs, insulin, energy homeostasis

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CitySantiago de Compostela
InstitutionUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela
InstituteFaculty of Medicine/Department of Physiology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jens BrüningInstitut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2008

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2011A. Christine Könner Simon Hess Sulay Tovar Andrea Mesaros, Carmen Sánchez-Lasheras, Nadine Evers, Linda A.W. Verhagen, Hella S. Brönneke, André Kleinridders, Brigitte Hampel, Peter Kloppenburg, and Jens C. Brüning : Role for Insulin Signaling in Catecholaminergic Neurons in Control of Energy Homeostasis. In: Cell Metabolism , 2011, 720-728
2010M López L Varela MJ Vázquez S Rodríguez-Cuenca ,CR González VR Velagapudi ,DA Morgan E Schoenmakers K Agassandian R Lage, PB Martínez de Morentin S Tovar R Nogueiras D Carling C Lelliott R Gallego M Oresic K Chatterjee AK Saha K Rahmouni C Diéguez A Vidal-Puig Hypothalamic AMPK and fatty acid metabolism mediate thyroid regulation of energy balance.. In: Nature Medicine , 2010, 1001-1008
2010Wunderlich FT, Ströhle P, Könner AC, Gruber S, Tovar Sulay, Brönneke HS, Juntti-Berggren L, Li LS, van Rooijen N, Libert C, Berggren PO, Brüning JC. : Interleukin-6 signaling in liver-parenchymal cells suppresses hepatic inflammation and improves systemic insulin action. . In: Cell Metabolism, 2010, 237-249