2010 AnnuAl REpoRT - Ciberdem

Diabetes and Metabolic Associated Diseases
Research Group
Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili
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Principal Investigator Joan J Vendrell jvo@comt.es Associate researchers Luís Gallart, Cristina Gutiérrez, Ana Megía, Matilde Rodríguez,
Inmaculada Simón Postdoctoral fellows Xavier Escoté, Lourdes Garrido, Mercedes Miranda Research assistant María Victoria Ceperuelo
Lab technicians Miriam Campos, Francesc Xavier Duran, Elsa Maymó, Gisela Pachón
Total IF: 59.323
Publications: 10, 3 of them in the first decile, 6 in the first quartile
and 1 in the second quartile
With other CIBERDEM groups: 3
With other CIBERs: 4
With other international groups: 4
Research grants: 7
National projects: 4
Autonomous Community projects: 1
Private funds: 2
Scientific collaborations within CIBERDEM: 4
PhD theses: 1
Awards: 1
Keywords
Insulin sensitivity and resistance. Metabolic syndrome.
Prediction/prevention of type 2 diabetes. Pregnancy. Weight
regulation and obesity.
Main lines of research
-Inflammatory mechanisms in type 2 diabetes and insulin
resistance (chronic activation of the immune system).
-Genetic susceptibility markers in diabetes (genetic and
environmental interaction in diabetes).
-Adipose cell biology - regulatory mechanisms of different
adipose tissue cell types. Mesenchymal stem-cell biology
(genes involved in adipose cell differentiation - paracrine/
endocrine analysis of adipose tissue inflammatory
mechanisms in obesity and diabetes).
Publications*
Original articles
Circulating bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein
(BPI) is associated with serum lipids and endothelial
function
Esteve E, Castro A, Moreno JM, Vendrell J, Ricart W,
Fernández-Real JM
*Only those published in 2010, with CIBERDEM listed among the affiliations, which are related to CIBERDEM’s field of research and are
located in the first or second quartile of their subject category are included.
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