Evaluation of DNA methylation changes by high-fat-induced obesity and a possible modulated efect of omega-3 fatty acids in vivo

• Grant number: 10/07596-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2010
• End date: March 16, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - Physiology of Organs and Systems
• Principal Investigator: Rui Curi
• Grantee: Cátia Lira Do Amaral
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 10/02963-2 - Modulation of inflammation and insulin resistance by omega-3 fatty acids and palmitoleate, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 11/23567-0 - DNA methylation pattern in obese humans under an energy-restricted diet supplemented with fish oil, BE.EP.PD

Scientific publications

(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)

AMARAL, CATIA L.; CRISMA, AMANDA R.; MASI, LAUREANE N.; MARTINS, AMANDA R.; HIRABARA, SANDRO M.; CURI, RUI. DNA Methylation Changes Induced by a High-Fat Diet and Fish Oil Supplementation in the Skeletal Muscle of Mice. Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics, v. 7, n. 4-6, p. 314-326, 2014. (10/07596-8)

DA CUNHA DE SA, ROBERTA D. C.; CRISMA, AMANDA R.; CRUZ, MAYSA M.; MARTINS, AMANDA R.; MASI, LAUREANE N.; DO AMARAL, CATIA L.; CURI, R.; ALONSO-VALE, MARIA I. C.. Fish oil prevents changes induced by a high-fat diet on metabolism and adipokine secretion in mice subcutaneous and visceral adipocytes. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, v. 594, n. 21, p. 6301-6317, NOV 2016. (11/51627-8, 10/07596-8, 10/05669-8, 13/03268-4)