Obesity

Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)

• Hormonal Regulation of LipogenesisLaura L. Gathercole, Stuart A. Morgan and Jeremy W. TomlinsonGenetic Determinants of Obesity and Related Vascular DiseasesYaroslav Winter, Roman Sankowski and Tobias BackBrd2 Gene Disruption Causes ‘Metabolically Healthy’ Obesity: Epigenetic and Chromatin-Based Mechanisms that Uncouple Obesity from Type 2 DiabetesFangnian Wang, Jude T. Deeney and Gerald V. DenisThe TBC1D1 Gene: Structure, Function and Association with Obesity and Related TraitsLuca Fontanesi and Francesca BertoliniReplication Initiator 1 (Repin1) In Adipose Tissue Function and Human ObesityJohn T. Heiker and Nora KlötingAdipokines in Childhood ObesityGabriel Ángel Martos-Moreno, Vicente Barrios, Julie A. Chowen and Jesús ArgenteGut Hormones and Obesity: Physiology and TherapiesRebecca Scott, Tricia Tan and Stephen BloomNeuroinflammation in Overnutrition-Induced DiseasesDongsheng CaiP66shcA : Linking Mammalian Longevity with Obesity-Induced Insulin ResistanceSofia Chiatamone Ranieri, Salvatore Fusco and Giovambattista PaniThe Emerging Role of Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR) and its Crosstalk with Liver X Receptors (LXRs) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α (PPARα) in Lipid MetabolismLei Xiao, Jing Wang, Mengxi Jiang, Wen Xie and Yonggong ZhaiLecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency Protects from Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance and Obesity – Novel Insights from Mouse ModelsDominic S. NgSphingolipids in Lipid Microdomains and ObesitySusumu Mitsutake and Yasuyuki IgarashiGhrelin: At the Interface of Obesity and RewardHarriët Schellekens, Timothy G. Dinan, and John F. CryanEndocannabinoids and ObesityGuoxun Chen and Zhen PangLipocalin 13 Regulation of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in ObesityYingjiang Zhou and Liangyou RuiSirtuin 1 Deacetylase: A Key Regulator of Hepatic Lipid MetabolismJongsook Kim Kemper, Sung-E Choi and Dong Hyun KimProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and ObesityHyeongjin ChoNomilin as an Anti-Obesity and Anti-Hyperglycemic AgentRyuichiro Sato