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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Flaviane de Fatima Silva in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Cushing's syndrome is an endocrine disorder caused by chronic exposure to glucocorticoids. Its etiology is varied, but the most common cause is prolonged use of synthetic glucocorticoids - the iatrogenic hypercortisolism. One of the most important characteristics of this syndrome is the rupture of the circadian rhythm of glucocorticoid release and hormonal action, seriously disturbing the…
Obesity/adipose redistribution is one of the characteristics of hypercortisolism/Cushing's syndrome, reproduced in our experimental model of hypercortisolism in rats. Our goal is to understand how glucocorticoid excess affect browning and whitening process in various fat deposits and whether these effects correlate with the fat redistribution in this pathological state. Partial results in…
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