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

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Laurence Macia, Heiko Johnen et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 190 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +15

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

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Rakesh Manandhar, Sebastian B. Jørgensen et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 123 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +15

Treatment with the TGF-b superfamily cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 reduces the adiposity and corrects the metabolic dysfunction of mice with diet-induced obesity

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, H P Zhang, Rakesh Manandhar et al. · International Journal of Obesity · 2017 · 97 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Molecular Medicine +15

Serum Levels of Human MIC-1/GDF15 Vary in a Diurnal Pattern, Do Not Display a Profile Suggestive of a Satiety Factor and Are Related to BMI

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Laurence Macia, Christine Feinle‐Bisset et al. · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 94 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +13

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

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Yasmin Husaini, Rakesh Manandhar et al. · Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle · 2012 · 78 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Oncology +15