The Anorectic Actions of the TGFβ Cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 Require an Intact Brainstem Area Postrema and Nucleus of the Solitary Tract

Hindbrain noradrenergic input to the hypothalamic PVN mediates the activation of oxytocinergic neurons induced by the satiety factor oleoylethanolamide

(2013) Adele Romano et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

TGF-b Superfamily Cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 Is a Physiological Appetite and Body Weight Regulator

(2013) Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai et al.   PLoS One

Increased expression of the TGF-b superfamily cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 protects ApoE−/− mice from the development of atherosclerosis

(2012) Heiko Johnen et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY

The projection and synaptic organisation of NTS afferent connections with presympathetic neurons, GABA and nNOS neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

(2012) V.S. Affleck et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine 1 (MIC-1/GDF15) Decreases Food Intake, Body Weight and Improves Glucose Tolerance in Mice on Normal & Obesogenic Diets

(2012) Laurence Macia et al.   PLoS One

Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15) Slows Cancer Development but Increases Metastases in TRAMP Prostate Cancer Prone Mice

(2012) Yasmin Husaini et al.   PLoS One

Anorexia/cachexia of chronic diseases: a role for the TGF-β family cytokine MIC-1/GDF15

(2012) Vicky W. W. Tsai et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

The TGF-β superfamily cytokine, MIC-1/GDF15: A pleotrophic cytokine with roles in inflammation, cancer and metabolism

(2011) Samuel N. Breit et al.   GROWTH FACTORS

Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15) and mortality in end-stage renal disease

(2011) S. N. Breit et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15): a new marker of all-cause mortality

(2010) Fredrik E. Wiklund et al.   AGING CELL

Activation of neurons in the hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus via hypothalamic projections of the nucleus of the solitary tract following refeeding of fasted rats

(2010) Eva Renner et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The regulation of TGF  signal transduction

(2009) A. Moustakas et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Protein components of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) in the brainstem area postrema–nucleus tractus solitarius region

(2008) Nasren Maolood et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY

Noradrenergic Innervation of the Dorsal Medial Prefrontal Cortex Modulates Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Acute Emotional Stress

(2008) J. J. Radley et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE