Role of adipose tissue in the development of obesity and associated co-morbidities: investigation of molecular mechanism and search for alternative therapies

• Grant number: 10/10909-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers
• Start date: July 01, 2010
• End date: April 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Metabolism and Bioenergetics
• Principal Investigator: William Tadeu Lara Festuccia
• Grantee: William Tadeu Lara Festuccia
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/15354-7 - Role of adipose tissue in the development of obesity and associated co-morbidities: investigation of molecular mechanism and search for alternative therapies, AP.JP

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FESTUCCIA, WILLIAM T.; BLANCHARD, PIERRE-GILLES; OLIVEIRA, THIAGO B.; MAGDALON, JULIANA; PASCHOAL, VIVIAN A.; RICHARD, DENIS; DESHAIES, YVES. PPAR gamma activation attenuates cold-induced upregulation of thyroid status and brown adipose tissue PGC-1 alpha and D2. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, v. 303, n. 12, p. R1277-R1285, DEC 2012. (10/10909-8, 09/15354-7)

BLANCHARD, PIERRE-GILLES; FESTUCCIA, WILLIAM T.; HOUDE, VANESSA P.; ST-PIERRE, PHILIPPE; BRULE, SOPHIE; TURCOTTE, VERONIQUE; COTE, MARIE; BELLMANN, KERSTIN; MARETTE, ANDRE; DESHAIES, YVES. Major involvement of mTOR in the PPAR gamma-induced stimulation of adipose tissue lipid uptake and fat accretion. Journal of Lipid Research, v. 53, n. 6, p. 1117-1125, JUN 2012. (10/10909-8, 09/15354-7)

BOLSONI-LOPES, ANDRESSA; FESTUCCIA, WILLIAM T.; FARIAS, TALITA S. M.; CHIMIN, PATRICIA; TORRES-LEAL, FRANCISCO L.; DEROGIS, PRISCILLA B. M.; DE ANDRADE, PAULA B.; MIYAMOTO, SAYURI; LIMA, FABIO B.; CURI, RUI; et al. Palmitoleic acid (n-7) increases white adipocyte lipolysis and lipase content in a PPAR alpha-dependent manner. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM, v. 305, n. 9, p. E1093-E1102, NOV 2013. (10/10909-8, 11/51627-8, 09/15354-7)

LAPLANTE‚ M.; HORVAT‚ S.; FESTUCCIA‚ W.T.; BIRSOY‚ K.; PREVORSEK‚ Z.; EFEYAN‚ A.; SABATINI‚ D.M.. DEPTOR Cell-Autonomously Promotes Adipogenesis, and Its Expression Is Associated with Obesity. Cell Metabolism, v. 16, n. 2, p. 202-212, 2012. (10/10909-8, 09/15354-7)