Pratley, MD, the Samuel Crockett Chair in Diabetes Research, Medical Director at AdventHealth Diabetes Institute, Senior Scientist and Diabetes Program Head, Advent Health Translational Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Among them, PPAR and PPAR are particularly important in liver lipid metabolism: PPAR promotes fatty acid -oxidation, while PPAR promotes lipid uptake and storage, and their dysregulation is associated with steatosis and the development of fatty liver disease
Melanotan-II is related to, but different from, afamelanotide, an approved drug used to treat the skin condition erythropoietic protoporphyria
Fortunately, new technologies have emerged that extend our reach into these formerly intractable areas