Louis Anthony Tartaglia is an American biochemist, pharmaceutical scientist, and entrepreneur.[1] As a scientist, he is known for first identifying and cloning the leptin receptor in 1995,[2] a discovery that prompted immediate coverage in US media.[3][4] The discovery of the leptin receptor facilitated the understanding of the mechanism of leptin action and of several genes regulating body weight and possibly obesity. Tartaglia is also known for studying signaling mechanisms from the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptors, and for authoring other cited research in the fields of obesity and diabetes.[5][6] Tartaglia was born in Albany, New York in 1963.
Education
editIn 1990, Tartaglia received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from UC Berkeley in the laboratory of professor Bruce Ames. Between 1990 and 1993, he did postdoctoral research in the lab of David Goeddel at Genentech, authoring a dozen original papers in peer-reviewed journals.[7]
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- ^ Tartaglia, L. A.; Dembski, M.; Weng, X.; Deng, N.; Culpepper, J.; Devos, R.; Richards, G. J.; Campfield, L. A.; Clark, F. T.; Deeds, J.; Muir, C. (1995-12-29). "Identification and expression cloning of a leptin receptor, OB-R". Cell. 83 (7): 1263–1271. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90151-5. ISSN 0092-8674. PMID 8548812. S2CID 6534085.
- ^ Facebook; Twitter; options, Show more sharing; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email; URLCopied!, Copy Link; Print (1995-12-29). "Scientists Report Finding Weight-Control Receptors : Research: Molecular 'antenna' conveys message from protein telling the body to stop eating. Its discovery may lead to treatments for obesity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
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- ^ "Louis A. Tartaglia - Google Académico". scholar.google.es. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Tartaglia, Louis A.)". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
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