Kara Rainbow

University of Cambridge — United Kingdom

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

10h-index799citations29works7.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(10), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques(7), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation(5), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(4), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research(3)

Publications29 total

Genetic impairment of ketone body signalling is a prevalent contributor to human metabolic dysfunction
2025Open Access
338-OR: Loss of LAMA4 as a Novel Causative Defect for Lipodystrophy
Diabetes·2025
NodoMap: a spatio-cellular map of the mouse nodose ganglia
2025Open Access
Verlust von Laminin-α4 als neuartiger ursächlicher Defekt für familiäre Lipodystrophie
Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel·2025
Canine genome-wide association study identifies <i>DENND1B</i> as an obesity gene in dogs and humans
Science·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: A comprehensive spatio-cellular map of the human hypothalamus
Nature·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Canine genome-wide association study identifies DENND1B as a canine and human obesity gene which regulates melanocortin signalling
Endocrine Abstracts·2025
A comprehensive spatio-cellular map of the human hypothalamus
Nature·2025· 59 citedOpen Access
Damaging mutations in liver X receptor-α are hepatotoxic and implicate cholesterol sensing in liver health
Nature Metabolism·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Damaging mutations in LXR[alpha] uncouple lipogenesis from hepatotoxicity and implicate hepatic cholesterol sensing in human liver health
Endocrine Abstracts·2024
Damaging mutations in LXRα uncouple lipogenesis from hepatotoxicity and implicate hepatic cholesterol sensing in human liver health
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
Nature·2023· 162 citedOpen Access
Human HYPOMAP: A comprehensive spatio-cellular map of the human hypothalamus
2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of Deleterious Variants in <i>MC3R</i> in Patients With Constitutional Delay of Growth and Puberty
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Fetally-encoded GDF15 and maternal GDF15 sensitivity are major determinants of nausea and vomiting in human pregnancy
2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Dax1 modulates ERα-dependent hypothalamic estrogen sensing in female mice
Nature Communications·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
A program of successive gene expression in mouse one-cell embryos
Cell Reports·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Identification of a transcription factor that modulates ER[alpha]-Dependent Hypothalamic Estrogen Sensing
Endocrine Abstracts·2022
Human embryonic genome activation initiates at the one-cell stage
Cell stem cell·2021· 124 citedOpen Access
MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty
Nature·2021· 129 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Brian Lam(23), Giles S.H. Yeo(20), Stephen O’Rahilly(16), John A. Tadross(14), John R. B. Perry(10), Katie Duckett(9), Alexander Mörseburg(9), Katherine A. Kentistou(8), Sam Lockhart(7), Ken K. Ong(7), Alice Williamson(7), Nicholas J. Wareham(6), Marcella Ma(6), Georgina K.C. Dowsett(6), Debra Rimmington(5), Anthony P. Coll(5), Felix R. Day(5), Audrey Melvin(5), Claudia Langenberg(5), Milan Mušo(5)