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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Mariana de Mendonça in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Obesity has acquired epidemic proportions in the last decades, which has resulted in the development of several studies in order to understand its influence on comorbidities found in the population. However, the mechanisms that correlate Obesity and its comorbidities are not fully elucidated, although, it is already clear that changes in tissues such as skeletal muscle and adipose tissue …
Adiponectin is an adipokine mainly secreted by adipocytes and it plays an important role in metabolic regulation; and its production is abnormal in several situations such as insulin resistance associated with obesity. Despite the widespread evidence of their role in metabolism, little is known about mechanisms involved in controlling its expression. Recently, there are evidences that adi…
Pioglitazone is a ligand-activated receptor of peroxisome proliferator gamma (PPAR-gamma) and alpha (PPAR-alpha), nuclear receptors that control genes of lipid metabolism and glucose metabolism. This drug is an oral antidiabetic drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, which improves insulin sensitivity of target tissues. Although adipose tissue appears to be the main target of agon…
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents an aggressive form within the spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that could further progress to hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis and even the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, no drugs have been approved specifically for the prevention or treatment of NASH, mainly because it is difficult to decipher the mo…
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