Natália Ferreira Mendes

This study identifies transcriptional differences between resident and recruited hypothalamic microglia in diet-induced obesity, showing that CXCR3-expressing recruited cells protect against metabolic dysfunction.

This study identifies LRP1 as a mediator of leptin transport across the blood-CSF barrier in the choroid plexus, coupled with the short-form leptin receptor, and shows its deletion leads to leptin resistance and obesity.