Dr. David Mangelsdorf (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. David Mangelsdorf

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Researchers led by Dr. David Mangelsdorf, chairman of pharmacology, helped create the first "encyclopedia" of an entire superfamily of nuclear receptors - proteins that turn genes on and off throughout the body - and discovered that certain receptors form networks and interact to regulate disease states and physiology in two main areas, reproduction and nutrient metabolism.

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