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Section on Pediatric Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism

of the Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch

Photo of Dr. Stephanie Chung Stephanie Chung, M.B.B.S., Lasker Tenure Track Investigator, NIH Distinguished Scholar

Section Chief

stephanie.chung@nih.gov
Understanding the complex association of biological, social, and environmental factors in the pathogenesis of pediatric diabetes, obesity, and metabolism
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Leptin decreases de novo lipogenesis in patients with lipodystrophy.
Baykal AP, Parks EJ, Shamburek R, Syed-Abdul MM, Chacko S, Cochran E, Startzell M, Gharib AM, Ouwerkerk R, Abd-Elmoniem KZ, Walter PJ, Walter M, Muniyappa R, Chung ST, Brown RJ.
JCI Insight (2020 Jul 23) 5. Abstract/Full Text
Free fatty acid processing diverges in human pathologic insulin resistance conditions.
Sekizkardes H, Chung ST, Chacko S, Haymond MW, Startzell M, Walter M, Walter PJ, Lightbourne M, Brown RJ.
J Clin Invest (2020 Jul 1) 130:3592-3602. Abstract/Full Text
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