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Lubna Zarif

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Membrane progesterone receptor signaling reverses hyperglycemia and insulin resistance in obese mice

Nancy Nader, Lubna Zarif, Shereena Sherif, Jawaher Al-Hamaq, Dalal Al Qahtani, Raphael J Courjaret, Fang Yu, Hanan H. Abunada, Praveen Babu Vemulapalli, Sunkyu Choi, Frank Schmidt, Khaled Machaca

This study shows that activating membrane progesterone receptors improves glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity in obese mice through AMPK-dependent metabolic reprogramming.

bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology