Monday 14 July 2014 10:30 – 12:00
Track 7 - Obesity
Chair:
Taking Two to Tango: A Role for heterodimerization of G-protein coupled Receptors (GPCRs) in Appetite Regulation and Food Reward
Harriet Schellekens
GIPR displays higher basal activity than GLP-1R but does not recruit arrestin effectively
Suleiman Al-sabah
Upregulation of heme oxygenase enhance proteins of regeneration to alleviate adipocyte morphology and improve function in obesity
Joseph Ndisang
Design and synthesis of new aryl-ethylamine derivatives as potential selective beta3 adrenoceptor agonists
Marvin A Soriano-Ursúa
Targeted leptin receptor blockade reveals an interplay between VTA and the hypothalamic leptin receptors but no role for NTS leptin receptors in body weight homeostasis
Philip Scarpace
Harnessing carbohydrate active enzymes as drug targets and tools for developing glycotherapeutics
George Osanjo
Insulin-independent glucose uptake in skeletal muscle following β2-adrenoceptor activation is mediated by mTORC2 and GLUT4
Roger Summers