List of works - Kanishka Nilaweera

Age- and duration-dependent effects of whey protein on high-fat diet-induced changes in body weight, lipid metabolism, and gut microbiota in mice

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Bovine serum albumin as the dominant form of dietary protein reduces subcutaneous fat mass, plasma leptin and plasma corticosterone in high fat-fed C57/BL6J mice

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Compared to casein, bovine lactoferrin reduces plasma leptin and corticosterone and affects hypothalamic gene expression without altering weight gain or fat mass in high fat diet fed C57/BL6J mice

scientific article published on 8 December 2015

Depletion of the gut microbiota differentially affects the impact of whey protein on high-fat diet-induced obesity and intestinal permeability

scientific article published on 01 June 2021

Dietary α-lactalbumin alters energy balance, gut microbiota composition and intestinal nutrient transporter expression in high-fat diet-fed mice

scientific article published on 05 March 2019

Effects of manipulating hypothalamic triiodothyronine concentrations on seasonal body weight and torpor cycles in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on 25 October 2011

G protein-coupled receptor 101 mRNA expression in supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei in rat hypothalamus is altered by pregnancy and lactation

scientific article published on 04 December 2007

G protein-coupled receptor 101 mRNA expression in the mouse brain: altered expression in the posterior hypothalamus and amygdala by energetic challenges.

scientific article published on January 2007

Hypothalamic bHLH transcription factors are novel candidates in the regulation of energy balance

scientific article

Hypothalamic thyroid hormone in energy balance regulation.

scientific article published on 16 April 2008

Impact of dietary fatty acids on metabolic activity and host intestinal microbiota composition in C57BL/6J mice.

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Impact of leucine on energy balance

scientific article published on 26 April 2012

Monounsaturated fatty acid-enriched high-fat diets impede adipose NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated IL-1β secretion and insulin resistance despite obesity.

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

Neuromedin U and Neuromedin U receptor-2 expression in the mouse and rat hypothalamus: effects of nutritional status.

scientific article published on December 2003

Nutrient regulation of enteroendocrine cellular activity linked to cholecystokinin gene expression and secretion.

scientific article published on March 2010

Oral Delivery of Nisin in Resistant Starch Based Matrices Alters the Gut Microbiota in Mice.

scientific article

Photoperiodic regulation of glycogen metabolism, glycolysis, and glutamine synthesis in tanycytes of the Siberian hamster suggests novel roles of tanycytes in hypothalamic function

scientific article

Precursor-protein convertase 1 gene expression in the mouse hypothalamus: differential regulation by ob gene mutation, energy deficit and administration of leptin, and coexpression with prepro-orexin.

scientific article

Protein quality and the protein to carbohydrate ratio within a high fat diet influences energy balance and the gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice.

scientific article

Regulation of intestinal growth in response to variations in energy supply and demand.

scientific article published in December 2018

Sodium salicylate rewires hepatic metabolic pathways in obesity and attenuates IL-1β secretion from adipose tissue: The implications for obesity-impaired reverse cholesterol transport

scientific article published on 24 December 2021

The gut microbiota and its relationship to diet and obesity: new insights

scientific article

VGF-derived peptide, TLQP-21, regulates food intake and body weight in Siberian hamsters

scientific article

Whey protein effects on energy balance link the intestinal mechanisms of energy absorption with adiposity and hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression

scientific article

Whey protein isolate counteracts the effects of a high-fat diet on energy intake and hypothalamic and adipose tissue expression of energy balance-related genes

scientific article published on 4 June 2013

Whey protein isolate decreases murine stomach weight and intestinal length and alters the expression of Wnt signalling-associated genes

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

List of works by Kanishka Nilaweera

Age- and duration-dependent effects of whey protein on high-fat diet-induced changes in body weight, lipid metabolism, and gut microbiota in mice

Bovine serum albumin as the dominant form of dietary protein reduces subcutaneous fat mass, plasma leptin and plasma corticosterone in high fat-fed C57/BL6J mice

Compared to casein, bovine lactoferrin reduces plasma leptin and corticosterone and affects hypothalamic gene expression without altering weight gain or fat mass in high fat diet fed C57/BL6J mice

Depletion of the gut microbiota differentially affects the impact of whey protein on high-fat diet-induced obesity and intestinal permeability

Dietary α-lactalbumin alters energy balance, gut microbiota composition and intestinal nutrient transporter expression in high-fat diet-fed mice

Effects of manipulating hypothalamic triiodothyronine concentrations on seasonal body weight and torpor cycles in Siberian hamsters

G protein-coupled receptor 101 mRNA expression in supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei in rat hypothalamus is altered by pregnancy and lactation

G protein-coupled receptor 101 mRNA expression in the mouse brain: altered expression in the posterior hypothalamus and amygdala by energetic challenges.

Hypothalamic bHLH transcription factors are novel candidates in the regulation of energy balance

Hypothalamic thyroid hormone in energy balance regulation.

Impact of dietary fatty acids on metabolic activity and host intestinal microbiota composition in C57BL/6J mice.

Impact of leucine on energy balance

Monounsaturated fatty acid-enriched high-fat diets impede adipose NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated IL-1β secretion and insulin resistance despite obesity.

Neuromedin U and Neuromedin U receptor-2 expression in the mouse and rat hypothalamus: effects of nutritional status.

Nutrient regulation of enteroendocrine cellular activity linked to cholecystokinin gene expression and secretion.

Oral Delivery of Nisin in Resistant Starch Based Matrices Alters the Gut Microbiota in Mice.

Photoperiodic regulation of glycogen metabolism, glycolysis, and glutamine synthesis in tanycytes of the Siberian hamster suggests novel roles of tanycytes in hypothalamic function

Precursor-protein convertase 1 gene expression in the mouse hypothalamus: differential regulation by ob gene mutation, energy deficit and administration of leptin, and coexpression with prepro-orexin.

Protein quality and the protein to carbohydrate ratio within a high fat diet influences energy balance and the gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice.

Regulation of intestinal growth in response to variations in energy supply and demand.

Sodium salicylate rewires hepatic metabolic pathways in obesity and attenuates IL-1β secretion from adipose tissue: The implications for obesity-impaired reverse cholesterol transport

The gut microbiota and its relationship to diet and obesity: new insights

VGF-derived peptide, TLQP-21, regulates food intake and body weight in Siberian hamsters

Whey protein effects on energy balance link the intestinal mechanisms of energy absorption with adiposity and hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression

Whey protein isolate counteracts the effects of a high-fat diet on energy intake and hypothalamic and adipose tissue expression of energy balance-related genes

Whey protein isolate decreases murine stomach weight and intestinal length and alters the expression of Wnt signalling-associated genes