Melissa A Kirigiti
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Recent Articles
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Sauter K, Webb G, Bader L, Kreklywich C, Takahashi D, Zaro C, et al.
bioRxiv
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40027795
Long-term adverse consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection, termed "long COVID" or post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC), are a major component of overall COVID-19 disease burden. Prior obesity and metabolic disease increase...
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Nash M, Dobrinskikh E, Al-Juboori S, Janssen R, Fernandes J, Argabright A, et al.
Liver Int
. 2025 Jan;
45(2):e16236.
PMID: 39865409
Background And Aims: Maternal obesity increases the risk of the paediatric form of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), affecting up to 30% of youth, but the developmental origins remain...
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Rupp A, Tomlinson A, Affinati A, Yacawych W, Duensing A, True C, et al.
J Clin Invest
. 2023 Aug;
133(19).
PMID: 37581939
The adipose-derived hormone leptin acts via its receptor (LepRb) in the brain to control energy balance. A potentially unidentified population of GABAergic hypothalamic LepRb neurons plays key roles in the...
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Kirigiti M, Frazee T, Bennett B, Arik A, Blundell P, Bader L, et al.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol
. 2020 Mar;
318(5):R929-R939.
PMID: 32130027
Women in low- and middle-income countries frequently consume a protein-deficient diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The effects of gestational malnutrition on fetal and early postnatal development can have lasting adverse...
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Roberts B, Bennett B, Bennett C, Carroll J, Dalboge L, Hall C, et al.
Mol Metab
. 2019 Jun;
26:18-29.
PMID: 31230943
Objective: Reelin (RELN) is a large glycoprotein involved in synapse maturation and neuronal organization throughout development. Deficits in RELN signaling contribute to multiple psychological disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder,...
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Tennant K, Lindsley S, Kirigiti M, True C, Kievit P
Diabetes
. 2019 May;
68(7):1462-1472.
PMID: 31048370
Fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF1) has been shown to reverse hyperglycemia in diabetic rodent models through peripheral and central administration routes. Previous studies demonstrated that insulin is required for central...
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Sullivan E, Rivera H, True C, Franco J, Baquero K, Dean T, et al.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol
. 2017 Apr;
313(2):R169-R179.
PMID: 28404581
Maternal high-fat-diet (HFD) consumption during pregnancy decreased fetal body weight and impacted development of hypothalamic melanocortin neural circuitry in nonhuman primate offspring. We investigated whether these impairments during gestation persisted...
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Heppner K, Baquero A, Bennett C, Lindsley S, Kirigiti M, Bennett B, et al.
eNeuro
. 2017 Feb;
4(1).
PMID: 28144621
Kisspeptin (Kiss1) neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) are key components of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, as they regulate the basal pulsatile release of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH). ARC Kiss1...
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Rivera H, Kievit P, Kirigiti M, Bauman L, Baquero K, Blundell P, et al.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
. 2015 Nov;
23(11):2157-64.
PMID: 26530932
Objective: To utilize a nonhuman primate model to examine the impact of maternal high-fat diet (HFD) consumption and pre-pregnancy obesity on offspring intake of palatable food and to examine whether...
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Baquero A, Kirigiti M, Baquero K, Lee S, Smith M, Grove K
J Neurosci
. 2015 Jun;
35(22):8558-69.
PMID: 26041922
Neurons coexpressing neuropeptide Y, agouti-related peptide, and GABA (NAG) play an important role in ingestive behavior and are located in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. NAG neurons receive both...