Konstantinos Loupasakis

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<p>Konstantinos Loupasakis, MD, is an attending rheumatologist at Montefiore Einstein and Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director and Associate Professor, Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Loupasakis sees patients with a wide range of rheumatologic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus and multisystem sarcoidosis.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Loupasakis earned his medical doctorate at University of Crete in Greece. He later came to the United States to further his medical training, completing his medical residency at Steward St. Elizabeth&rsquo;s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine in 2012, followed by his rheumatology fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in 2015 and a yearlong research fellowship at the same institution in 2016.</p><p>Dr. Loupasakis' research focus includes multisystem sarcoidosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and medical education. He is a certified facilitator, teaching relationship-centered communication in healthcare, and is particularly interested in optimization of the patient-physician relationship. Dr. Loupasakis has shared his work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts, poster presentations and invited national and regional presentations. He is also a reviewer for scientific rheumatology journals.</p><p>Dr. Loupasakis is board certified in Rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Rheumatology. Dr. Loupasakis has been twice recognized at Montefiore Einstein for his outstanding service and teaching, receiving an award in 2022 for his inpatient consult service and in 2024 for his outpatient service.</p>

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Hanna Lee

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Leslie S. Lam

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<p>As a pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Lam manages and cares for children and adolescents in many areas of clinical endocrinology, including growth disorders, premature pubertal advancement or delay, diabetes, adrenal disorders, and calcium and vitamin D abnormalities, with particular interest in pediatric thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer. Besides his clinical work, Dr. Lam is actively involved in the teaching of pediatric house staff, fellows and medical students in both the hospital and the outpatient clinic settings.??? </p><p>As a clinical research scientist, Dr. Lam is actively engaged in research concerning the role of hormonal disorders in children. He has particular interest in thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer as they pertain to the pediatric population and is involved in several projects examining the methods by which thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer are generally evaluated and treated.</p>

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Anand A. Kumthekar

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<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Dr. Kumthekar is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He received his medical degree from Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, India and trained in Internal Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He further completed his sub-specialty training in Rheumatology at Oregon Health and Science University.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Dr. Kumthekar is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an attending physician at Montefiore Medical Center. He is skilled in the treatment of general rheumatic illness and h</span>is clinical areas of focus include Ankylosing Spondylitis, Psoriatic arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, &nbsp;Vasculitis, Lupus and Myositis. He runs the Spondyloarthritis clinic at Montefiore and is profecient in musculoskeletal ultrasound. He has published multiple research articles and is a reviewer/editorial board member prominent medical journals.He has completed advanced MSK ultrasound training and is certified by the American College of Rheumatology (RhMSUS). He is a member of American College of Rheumatology, Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN), Group for Research and Assessment of. Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) and Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR).</p>
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<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>*&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Stienstra N, Horton J, Lane M, <strong>Kumthekar A,</strong> Sathe N, Sunny C, Yadav V, Deodhar A. Demyelinating Disease After Exposure to Tumor Necrosis Factor &alpha; Inhibitors: A Case Series in a Tertiary Care Center. JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2022 Mar 1;28(2):e638-41.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>*&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Patel S,&nbsp;<strong>Kumthekar A</strong>. Psoriatic Arthritis: The Influence of Co-morbidities on Drug Choice. Rheumatology and Therapy. 2021 Nov 19:1-23.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>*&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Bittar M, Dubreuil M. Educational needs and challenges in axial spondyloarthritis. Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 2021 Jul 1;33(4):313-8.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>*</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Kaur N, <strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Ayesha B. When sarcoidosis mimics immunodeficiency. BMJ Case Reports CP. 2021 Jul 1;14(7):e243557.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>*</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Patel S, Bibi A, Eisenberg R, Gendlina I, Murakhovskaya I, Ramesh M, Balagula Y, <strong>Kumthekar A</strong>. The Role of Early Subspeciality Consultation in the Timing of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Diagnosis and Management. Journal of clinical rheumatology: practical reports on rheumatic &amp; musculoskeletal diseases. 2021 Jun 18.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>*&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Cui Z, Merritt Z, Assa A, Mustehsan H, Chung E, Liu S, <strong>Kumthekar A,</strong> Ayesha B, McCort M, Palaiodimos L, Baron S. Early and Significant Reduction in C-Reactive Protein Levels After Corticosteroid Therapy Is Associated With Reduced Mortality in Patients With COVID-19. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2021 Feb 17.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">*&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ayesha B,<strong> Kumthekar A</strong>, Jain R, Patel S, Ramesh M, Ferastraoaru DE, Hudes G, Karagic M, Zafar S, Bartash R, Vasquez‐Canizares N. Rapid Implementation of a Multidisciplinary COVID‐19 Cytokine Storm Syndrome Task Force. ACR Open Rheumatology. 2021 Feb 6.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>*&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Deodhar A. Axial Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis. Physician Assistant Clinics.;6(1):135-47.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>* Kumthekar A,</strong> Ogdie A. Obesity and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Narrative Review. Rheumatology and Therapy. 2020 Jun 3.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* Abbi B, Patel S, <strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Schwartz D, Blanco I. A Case of Cardiomyopathy With Long-term Hydroxychloroquine Use. JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2020 May 9.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Park SS, Akella S, <strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Barmettler A. Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis in the Orbit, Brain, and Heart. The American journal of medicine. 2019 Dec 17.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Shull S, Lovejoy TI, Morasco BJ, Chang M, Barton J. Impact of hepatitis C treatment on pain intensity, prescription opioid use and arthritis. International journal of rheumatic diseases. 2019 Apr;22(4):592-8.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Raess PW, Ghetie D. A Missing Link: Sarcoid-Lymphoma Syndrome. The American Journal of Medicine. 2019 Jan 1;132(1):48-51.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Horton J, <strong>Kumthekar A.</strong> A Vanishing Entity: Rheumatoid Vasculitis. The American Journal of Medicine. 2018 Nov 1;131(11):1310-3.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Wolf B, Woltjer R, Schwab P. More than meets the eye: a case of HCV-induced PAN. Modern Rheumatology Case Reports. 2018 Jul 3;2(2):199-203.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Danve A, Deodhar A. Use of belimumab throughout 2 consecutive pregnancies in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2017 Sep 1;44(9):1416-7.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Deodhar A, <strong>Kumthekar A,</strong> Dubreuil M. Minimal disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis: the need of the hour and a proposal for development. Current opinion in rheumatology. 2017 Jul;29(4):293.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Akenroye AT, <strong>Kumthekar AA</strong>, Alevizos MK, Mowrey WB, Broder A. Implementing an electronic medical record&ndash;based reminder for cardiovascular risk screening in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care &amp; Research. 2017 May;69(5):625-32.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Palkar P, <strong>Kumthekar A</strong>. Comment on: Dance-like movements in obsessive compulsive disorder. Indian journal of psychological medicine. 2017 May 1;39(3).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">*&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Johnson B. Polyarticular severe tophaceous gout secondary to limited medication access. The Journal of rheumatology. 2015 Aug 1;42(8):1528-9.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Palkar PY, <strong>Kumthekar AA.</strong> Roar of meow-meow (mephedrone) in India. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour. 2015 Jul 1;20(2):55.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar A</strong>, Cossarini F, Shih JC, Taub CC, Massera D. Ranolazine-induced repolarization changes: a case report. The American Journal of Medicine. 2015 Jul 1;128(7):e3-5.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">* </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Kumthekar AA</strong>, Gidwani HV, Kumthekar AB. Metformin associated B12 deficiency. J Assoc Physicians India. 2012 Mar 1;60(3):58-9.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">*&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hitesh Vinod C, Misra BN, <strong>Kumthekar AA</strong>, Kawatra A. CALIBRATION AND CUFFING ISSUES CONCERNING SPHYGMOMANOMETER&rsquo;S IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE. Indian J. Prev. Soc. Med. 2013 Jul;44(3-4):166.</span></p>

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Preeti Kishore

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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; margin: 0pt 0pt .0001pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Dr. Preeti Kishore is a Professor in the Division of Endocrinology.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"> She is the site director for the Einstein/Montefiore Endocrinology Fellowship Program at Jacobi Medical Center. As Chief of the Endocrinology Division at Jacobi she is responsible for the clinical endocrine inpatient and outpatient operations at Jacobi and North Central Bronx Hospitals.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"> She actively participates in the teaching of endocrinology fellows, internal medicine residents and Einstein medical students. Her education philosophy is to empower learners to drive their own educational goals/learning. She is interested in the use of diabetes technology to manage low health literacy patients with diabetes. She is also the Director of the Weight Management Program at Jacobi.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; margin: 0pt 0pt .0001pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Her research interests have been in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Insulin resistance syndrome. She has investigated the pathogenic role of free fatty acids in various aspects of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, particularly the role they play in regulating &ldquo;glucose effectiveness&rdquo;. She is also interested in the role of adipose tissue inflammation in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance. As an extension to her interest in adipose inflammation, she has investigated the role of vitamin D deficiency in Type 2 diabetes and whether it may regulate adipose inflammation/fibrosis. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; margin: 0pt 0pt .0001pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Dr. Kishore is </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">a member of the Leo M Davidoff Society and a</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> recipient of the prestigious Henry Christian Award of the American Federation of Medical Research. She is also the recipient of several teaching/advising awards.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p>Esterson YB, Carey M, Boucai L, Goyal A, Raghavan P, Zhang K, Mehta D, Feng D, Wu L, Kehlenbrink S, Koppaka S, Kishore P, Hawkins M.Central Regulation of Glucose Production May Be Impaired in Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes. 2016 Sep;65(9):2569-79</p>
<p>Kishore P, Boucai L, Zhang K, Li W, Koppaka S, Kehlenbrink S, Schiwek A, Esterson YB, Mehta D, Bursheh S, Su Y, Gutierrez-Juarez R, Muzumdar R, Schwartz GJ, Hawkins M. Activation of K(ATP) channels suppresses glucose production in humans. J Clin Invest. 2011 Dec;121(12):4916-20</p>
<p>Kishore P, Li W, Tonelli J, Lee DE, Koppaka S, Zhang K, Lin Y, Kehlenbrink S, Scherer PE, Hawkins M. Adipocyte-derived factors potentiate nutrient-induced production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by macrophages. Sci Transl Med. 2010 Feb 24;2(20):20ra15.</p>

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Harold D. Keiser

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<p>In years of clinical practice Dr. Harold Keiser has acquired experience over the broad range of problems referred to rheumatologists. Dr. Keiser takes special interest in the diagnosis and management of connective tissue disorders, gout, and the spondyloarthropathies.</p>

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Mahsa Kanzali

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Meredith A. Hawkins

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<p>Dr. Meredith Hawkins is Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the Einstein-Mt. Sinai Regional Diabetes Research Center. She holds the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Medicine. Dr. Hawkins earned her M.D. degree <em>cum laude</em> from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods <em>cum laude</em> from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has served as Associate Editor of the <em>American Journal of Physiology</em>, and as Secretary Treasurer of the American Federation of Medical Research. Dr. Hawkins' current research interests include the effects of nutrient deficiency and excess on the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, central regulation of glucose metabolism, nutritional regulation of adipose tissue inflammation, and hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure.</p>
<p>Dr. Hawkins is a Beeson Scholar of the American Federation of Aging Research, and has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health (continually since 1999), the American Diabetes Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International and the Diabetes Action Foundation International. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Junior Physician Scientist Award (2001) and the Outstanding Investigator Award (2012) from the American Federation of Medical Research, the Novartis Young Investigator award in Diabetes Research (2007), and election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (2012). She recently served on the Congressionally-appointed National Clinical Care Commission.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Hawkins founded and directs Einstein's Global Diabetes Institute (<a href="/centers/global-health/global-diabetes-institute/">http://www.einstein.yu.edu/centers/global-health/global-diabetes-instit…;, with the goal of building strategic partnerships in medical research and education to combat the burgeoning global diabetes epidemic.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dr. Hawkins specializes in diabetes, with a particular emphasis on the dramatic rise of the disease worldwide. She has traveled the globe investigating diabetes since 1996 and is the founding director of the Global Diabetes Institute (GDI) at Einstein, which conducts diabetes education and training for healthcare workers in South and Central America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dr. Hawkins also studies the role of nutrients and inflammation in the development of prediabetes and diabetes and is currently investigating the impact of vitamin D on the development and management of the disease.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">In collaboration with researchers in India, Dr. Hawkins is investigating malnutrition diabetes, a little understood form of the disease that particularly affects the developing world.&nbsp;Dr. Hawkins is one of the organizers of an annual international conference for continuing medical education that alternates between Asia and Africa.&nbsp;Under Dr. Hawkins&rsquo; leadership, the GDI has partnered with faculty at Uganda&rsquo;s leading medical school to improve diabetes care in hospitals and clinics throughout the country. An NIH-funded researcher, Dr. Hawkins has received the Novartis Young Investigator in Diabetes and the Junior Physician Scientist Award of the American Federation of Medical Research.</span></p>

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<li><p>Wadivkar P, Thomas N, Jebasingh F, Bacot-Davis VR, Maini R, and Hawkins M. Undernutrition-Associated Diabetes Mellitus: Pathophysiology of a Global Problem. Physiology. 19 June 2025. doi: 10.1152/physiol.00065.2024.</p>
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<li><p>Wadivkar P , Hawkins M. Is gestational diabetes mellitus in lean women a distinct entity warranting a modified management approach? Front. Clin. Diabetes Healthc., 06 May 2024.Sec. Diabetes and Pregnancy. doi: 10.3389/fcdhc.2024.1338597.</p></li>
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<p>Carey M, Lontchi-Yimagou E, Mitchell W, Reda S, Zhang K, Kehlenbrink S, Koppaka S, Maginley SR, Aleksic S, Bhansali S, Huffman DM, Hawkins M. Central KATP channels modulate glucose effectiveness in humans and rodents. Diabetes. 2020 Jun;69(6):1140-1148. doi: 10.2337/db19-1256. PMID: 32217610 (Selected as Editor&rsquo;s Choice by Science Translational Medicine, 29 Apr 2020: Vol. 12, Issue 541, eabb5677).</p>
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<p>Lontchi-Yimagou E, Aleksic S, Hulkower R, Gospin R, Goyal A, Kuo B, Mitchell WG, You JY, Upadhyay L, Carey M, Sandu OA, Gabriely I, Shamoon H, Hawkins M. Plasma epinephrine contributes to the development of experimental hypoglycemic-associated autonomic failure. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2020 Nov 1;105(11):dgaa539. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa539.PMID: 32915987</p>
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<p>Lontchi-Yimagou E, Kang S, Goyal A, You J-Y, Carey M, Rosen E, Kishore P, Hawkins M. Insulin Sensitizing Effects of Vitamin D Mediated through Reduced Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Fibrosis in Humans and Mice. Molecular Metabolism 2020 Dec;42:101095. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101095. Epub 2020 Oct 10. PMID: 33045433&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Brightwell CR, Kulkarni AS, Paredes W, Zhang K, Perkins JB, Gatlin KJ, Custodio M, Farooq H, Zaidi B, Pai R, Buttar RS, Tang Y, Melamed ML, Hostetter TH, Pessin JE, Hawkins M, Fry CS, Abramowitz MK. Muscle fibrosis and maladaptation occur progressively in CKD and are rescued by dialysis. JCI Insight. 2021 Dec 22;6(24):e150112. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.150112. PMID: 34784301</p>
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