Search Results - "Pirulli, Alessia"
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Relationships between Desacylated and Acylated Ghrelin and Insulin Sensitivity in the Metabolic Syndrome
Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (01-10-2007)“…Context: Metabolic syndrome shows clustered metabolic abnormalities with major roles for insulin resistance and obesity. Ghrelin is a gastric hormone whose…”
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Epidemiology of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in polygenic hypercholesterolemia with or without high lipoprotein(a) levels
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (22-01-2024)“…Epidemiology of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease might be different in patients with polygenic hypercholesterolemia plus high levels (≥30 mg/dl) of Lp(a)…”
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High-fat diet with acyl-ghrelin treatment leads to weight gain with low inflammation, high oxidative capacity and normal triglycerides in rat muscle
Published in PloS one (19-10-2011)“…Obesity is associated with muscle lipid accumulation. Experimental models suggest that inflammatory cytokines, low mitochondrial oxidative capacity and…”
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Lipoprotein(a) as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Diseases: Pathophysiology and Treatment Perspectives
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (06-09-2023)“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is still a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, despite all the progress achieved as regards to both prevention and…”
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High plasma retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is associated with systemic inflammation independently of low RBP4 adipose expression and is normalized by transplantation in nonobese, nondiabetic patients with chronic kidney disease
Published in Clinical endocrinology (Oxford) (01-07-2011)“…Summary Objective Adipose‐secreted retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) circulates in free (active) and transthyretin (TTR)‐bound forms and may be associated with…”
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Higher total ghrelin levels are associated with higher insulin-mediated glucose disposal in non-diabetic maintenance hemodialysis patients
Published in Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) (01-02-2008)“…Summary Background & aims Insulin resistance is common in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) and it can contribute to exceedingly high mortality in MHD patients…”
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Insulin downregulates SIRT1 and AMPK activation and is associated with changes in liver fat, but not in inflammation and mitochondrial oxidative capacity, in streptozotocin-diabetic rat
Published in Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) (01-06-2011)“…Summary Background & aims Involvement of insulin in diabetes-associated liver triglyceride deposition and its potential pathways remain incompletely defined…”
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