Endocrinology

MIP PhD student Dhanya Pradeep receives Endocrine Society award to study breast cancer

2025-04-24

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As a graduate student in the Erik Nelson Lab, Dhanya Pradeep investigates how metabolic signaling pathways regulate immune responses in breast cancer. Her research is centered on the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a metabolic receptor...

Mice study suggests metabolic diseases may be driven by gut microbiome, loss of ovarian hormones

2024-02-26

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The gut microbiome interacts with the loss of female sex hormones to exacerbate metabolic disease, including weight gain, fat in the liver and the expression of genes linked with inflammation, researchers found in a new rodent study. The findings, published in the journal...

Meet MCB: Professor Jongsook Kim Kemper

2022-12-21

Dr. Kemper is Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Her lab focuses on metabolic signaling and epigenomic control of metabolism and energy balance.

Experts boost activity of potential therapeutic target in triple-negative breast cancer

2022-11-30

John Katzenellenbogen, left, Benita Katzenellenbogen, right, stand together in front of a lab bench, smiling for the camera.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Less than 20% of diagnosed breast cancers are designated “triple-negative,” meaning that the affected tissues lack three types of receptors often found in other breast cancer types, but TNBCs are often aggressive with ...

Cancer Center at Illinois team finds treatment of liver metastases in breast cancer patients improved by low-carb diets

2022-03-09

Urbana, Ill. – A new study by Cancer Center at Illinois Education Program Leader, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and her team, have found a new mechanism of endocrine resistance in breast cancers metastasized to the liver.

PhD candidate in molecular & integrative physiology named finalist for Research Live! Showcase

2022-03-11

A graduate student in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology competed in the Illinois Graduate College's Research Live! Showcase at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts.

Meet MCB: Professor Erik Nelson

2020-12-31

Dr. Nelson’s lab focuses on determining how different hormones and metabolite factors impact breast and ovarian cancer progression.

Meet MCB: Professor Lori Raetzman

2019-12-31

Professor Lori Raetzman joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005. Since joining, the Raetzman group has produced highly impactful work regarding the development and function of both the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus. Over the past 14 years, students from the Raetzman lab...

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