CV Lattes
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Ciências Biológicas Modalidade Médica from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1981), graduation at Bacharel em Direito from CENTRO UNIVERSITARIO UNIFMU (2012), master's at Physiology from Universidade de São Paulo (1984) and doctorate at Bioquímica Metabolismo from University of Oxford (1988). Has experience in Physiology, focusing on Endocrinal Physiology, acting on the following subjects: rats, adiposes tissue metabolism, lipid metabolism, obesidade and lipogenesis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Xanthan gum is commonly used for thickening, gelling and stabilizing substances, for example: to adjust the food consistency for patients with dysphagia ; for the production of gluten-free foods for patients with food restriction; to encapsulate probiotics etc. Patients with dysphagia must use the gum daily, in a chronic manner. Studies associate the inflammatory bowel process (necrotizi…
Chronic proinflammatory condition is associated with high level cancer development, since a wide range of inflammatory situation bias normal cell to neoplasic transformation. The Salvia hispanica L., known as chia, containing high quantities of n-3 polyunsaturated fat acid and polyphenolics compounds, which present anti-inflammatory effects. But then, some studies have reported that xant…
Cachexia is a devastating wasting syndrome associated with poor prognosis and survival of cancer patients. Its aetiology has not been fully unveiled and the syndrome is frequently under diagnosed, despite afflicting around 40% of all cancer patients, and 80% of hospitalized patients. Chronic systemic inflammation is a main feature of cachexia, to which the white adipose tissue (WAT) plays…
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