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Biliopancreatic diversion as a novel approach to the HAIR-AN syndromeMelania Manco
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
Obes Surg 15:286-9. 2005..The HAIR-AN syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder in women, that consists of hyperandrogenism (HA), insulin resistance (IR) and acanthosis nigricans (AN). The IR is likely due to a primary defect of the insulin receptor...
Effect of massive weight loss on inflammatory adipocytokines and the innate immune system in morbidly obese womenMelania Manco
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:483-90. 2007..Obesity may be regarded as a low-grade inflammatory state...
Massive weight loss decreases corticosteroid-binding globulin levels and increases free cortisol in healthy obese patients: an adaptive phenomenon?Melania Manco
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Diabetes Care 30:1494-500. 2007..In this study, we aim to investigate the effects of massive weight loss on cortisol suppressibility, cortisol-binding globulin (CBG), and free cortisol index (FCI) in formerly obese women...
Metabolic syndrome and liver histology in paediatric non-alcoholic steatohepatitisM Manco
Liver Unit, Pathology Department, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:381-7. 2008....
Insulin dynamics of breast- or formula-fed overweight and obese childrenMelania Manco
Scientific Directorate and Liver Unit, Paediatric Hospital Bambino Gesu and Research Institute Rome
J Am Coll Nutr 30:29-38. 2011..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between the type of early feeding and indices of insulin metabolism in 8-year-old overweight and obese children...
Insulin resistance and exercise capacity in male children and adolescents with non-alcholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
Scientific Directorate, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, S Onofrio 4 Square, 00165, Rome, Italy
Acta Diabetol 46:97-104. 2009....
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in childrenMelania Manco
Catholic University, Rome, Italy
J Am Coll Nutr 27:667-76. 2008..In this article, we review the current concepts about paediatric NAFLD, its pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment, with particular regard to lifestyle and foods habits...
Intima-media thickness and liver histology in obese children and adolescents with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
Scientific Directorate, Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesu, IRCCS, Piazza San Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
Atherosclerosis 209:463-8. 2010..To evaluate the relationship between biopsy-proven non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) in children and adolescents...
Albuminuria and insulin resistance in children with biopsy proven non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
Scientific Directorate, Bambino Gesu Hospital, Research Institute IRCCS, 00165, Rome, Italy
Pediatr Nephrol 24:1211-7. 2009..Longitudinal studies are needed to rule out any causative relationship between insulin resistance and urinary albumin excretion...
Menopause, insulin resistance, and risk factors for cardiovascular diseaseMelania Manco
Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Menopause 13:809-17. 2006....
One-hour plasma glucose identifies insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction in individuals with normal glucose tolerance: cross-sectional data from the Relationship between Insulin Sensitivity and Cardiovascular Risk (RISC) studyMelania Manco
Bambino Gesu Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
Diabetes Care 33:2090-7. 2010..The aim of this study was to characterize their metabolic phenotype...
The decrease of serum levels of human neutrophil alpha-defensins parallels with the surgery-induced amelioration of NASH in obesityMelania Manco
Scientific Directorate, Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Obes Surg 20:1682-9. 2010..Among them, both soluble CD14 receptor (sCD14) and human neutrophil alpha-defensins (HNDs) may represent serum markers of necro-inflammation in obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease...
Gut microbiota, lipopolysaccharides, and innate immunity in the pathogenesis of obesity and cardiovascular riskMelania Manco
Bambino Gesu Hospital, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Piazza San Onofrio 4, I 00165 Rome, Italy
Endocr Rev 31:817-44. 2010..This review gives a comprehensive breakdown of the interaction among gut microbiota, LPSs, and the innate immune system in the development of obesity and promotion of an individual's cardiovascular risk...
Intramyocitic lipid accumulation and SREBP-1c expression are related to insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk in morbid obesityG Mingrone
Istituto di Clinica Medica, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Atherosclerosis 170:155-61. 2003....
Waist circumference correlates with liver fibrosis in children with non-alcoholic steatohepatitisM Manco
Department of Hepatogastroenterology and Nutrition, Paediatric Hospital Bambino Gesu, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Gut 57:1283-7. 2008..Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a feature of the metabolic syndrome. A contribution of metabolic syndrome, and especially of waist circumference, to liver fibrosis in children with NAFLD is strongly suspected...
Mechanisms of hyperinsulinaemia in Child's disease grade B liver cirrhosis investigated in free living conditionsA V Greco
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Universita Cattolica S Cuore, Rome, Italy
Gut 51:870-5. 2002..To investigate these issues, insulin secretion-during 24 hours of standardised living conditions-insulin sensitivity, and hepatic insulin extraction were assessed in cirrhotic patients compared with matched healthy subjects...
Twenty-four hour insulin secretion and beta cell NEFA oxidation in type 2 diabetic, morbidly obese patients before and after bariatric surgeryS Salinari
Department of Systems Analysis and Informatics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via Ariosto 25, 00185, Rome, Italy
Diabetologia 51:1276-84. 2008....
Molecular mechanisms of diabetes reversibility after bariatric surgeryG Rosa
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University S Cuore, Rome, Italy
Int J Obes (Lond) 31:1429-36. 2007..Peripheral insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion was also measured...
Could the low level of expression of the gene encoding skeletal muscle mitofusin-2 account for the metabolic inflexibility of obesity?G Mingrone
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, Largo A Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
Diabetologia 48:2108-14. 2005..The aim of this study was to verify whether MFN2 might be implicated in the metabolic inflexibility of obesity...
Skeletal muscle triglycerides lowering is associated with net improvement of insulin sensitivity, TNF-alpha reduction and GLUT4 expression enhancementG Mingrone
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Universita Cattolica S Cuore, Rome, Italy
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:1165-72. 2002..The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between intramyocytic triglycerides levels, muscle TNF-alpha and GLUT4 expression and insulin resistance...
Lowered tumor necrosis factor receptors, but not increased insulin sensitivity, with infliximabPaola Di Rocco
Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Obes Res 12:734-9. 2004..To verify whether Infliximab could modify insulin sensitivity and TNF-alpha and GLUT4 mRNA expression in muscle and adipose tissue of morbidly obese subjects. Soluble TNF receptors I and II (TNFR-I and TNFR-II) were also assayed...
Reduced PDK4 expression associates with increased insulin sensitivity in postobese patientsGiuseppina Rosa
Department of Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca CNR Center Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Obes Res 11:176-82. 2003....
Predictors of weight loss and reversal of comorbidities in malabsorptive bariatric surgeryMaria E Valera-Mora
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Am J Clin Nutr 81:1292-7. 2005..Initial fat mass, but not residual intestinal length, is the strongest predictor of weight loss after BPD...
Effect of vitamin E on aminotransferase levels and insulin resistance in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseV Nobili
Liver Unit, , Rome, Italy
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 24:1553-61. 2006..012; F = 7.150). CONCLUSIONS: Diet and physical exercise in NAFLD children seem to lead to a significant improvement of liver function and glucose metabolism beyond any antioxidant therapy...
Decreased muscle acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase 2 mRNA and insulin resistance in formerly obese subjectsGiuseppina Rosa
Department of Internal Medicine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche CNR Center, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
Obes Res 11:1306-12. 2003..We assessed ACC2 mRNA expression variations in skeletal muscle of subjects who have undergone biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) operation. BPD, in fact inducing a massive lipid malabsorption, leads to a reversion of insulin resistance...
Ultradian ghrelin pulsatility is disrupted in morbidly obese subjects after weight loss induced by malabsorptive bariatric surgeryGeltrude Mingrone
Department of Internal Medicine, CNR Centro di Fisiopatologia dello Shock, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
Am J Clin Nutr 83:1017-24. 2006..Suppression of ghrelin production after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass that suggested its contribution to appetite reduction has been reported...
beta-cell function in morbidly obese subjects during free living: long-term effects of weight lossStefania Camastra
Department of Internal Medicine, Metabolism Unit, National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Diabetes 54:2382-9. 2005..With continued weight loss over a 2-year period, moderately obese subjects become supersensitive to insulin and, correspondingly, insulin hyposecretors...
Leptin pulsatility in formerly obese womenGeltrude Mingrone
Department of Internal Medicine, CNR Centro di Fisiopatologia dello Shock, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
FASEB J 19:1380-2. 2005..Finally, since leptin inhibits GH secretion, a reduction of circulating leptin levels might have produced an increase in GH secretion, as observed in our series...
Growth hormone and ghrelin secretion in severely obese women before and after bariatric surgeryMaria E Valera Mora
Department of Internal Medicine, Metabolic Unit, Universita Cattolica S Cuore, Rome, Italy
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2012-8. 2007..The objective was to evaluate ghrelin and growth hormone (GH) interactions and responses to a growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)/arginine test in severe obesity before and after surgically-induced weight loss...
Metformin use in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: an open-label, 24-month, observational pilot studyValerio Nobili
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Clin Ther 30:1168-76. 2008..There is no consensus on the treatment of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, in a small pilot study conducted in 10 children, metformin has been proposed to be effective...
Decreased uncoupling protein expression and intramyocytic triglyceride depletion in formerly obese subjectsGeltrude Mingrone
Istituto di Clinica Medica and Clinica Chirurgica and Centro CNR Fisiopatologia Shock, Universita Cattolica S Cuore, Rome, Italy
Obes Res 11:632-40. 2003..To examine the muscular uncoupling protein expression 2 (UCP2) and UCP3 gene expression in morbid obese subjects before and after bariatric surgery [bilio-pancreatic diversion (BPD)]...
Insulin resistance in morbid obesity: reversal with intramyocellular fat depletionAldo V Greco
Department of Medicine, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Diabetes 51:144-51. 2002....
Severity of liver injury and atherogenic lipid profile in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseValerio Nobili
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Pediatr Res 67:665-70. 2010....
Influence of maternal obesity on insulin sensitivity and secretion in offspringGeltrude Mingrone
Medicine and Diabetes Center, Universita Cattolica S Cuore, Rome, Italy
Diabetes Care 31:1872-6. 2008..The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of maternal obesity on insulin sensitivity and secretion in offspring...
Mechanisms of recovery from type 2 diabetes after malabsorptive bariatric surgeryCaterina Guidone
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Catholic University, Largo A Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
Diabetes 55:2025-31. 2006..This operation may affect the enteroinsular axis function by diverting nutrients away from the proximal gastrointestinal tract and by delivering incompletely digested nutrients to the ileum...
Prolactin and insulin ultradian secretion and adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase expression in severely obese women after bariatric surgeryGeltrude Mingrone
Department of Internal Medicine, Universita Cattolica S Cuore, Rome, Italy
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1831-7. 2008..Hyperprolactinemia is associated with obesity. Furthermore, in human adipose tissue cultured in vitro, prolactin (PRL) inhibited lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity via functional PRL receptors...
Lowering of circulating free-fatty acids levels and reduced expression of leptin in white adipose tissue in postobesity statusAldo V Greco
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Universita Cattolica S Cuore, Rome, Italy
J Investig Med 50:207-13. 2002..Our aim was to investigate the regulation of the gene expression of leptin in subcutaneous adipose tissue biopsies in morbid obesity before and after biliopancreatic diversion (BPD)...
Changes in fat mass influence SREBP-1c and UCP-2 gene expression in formerly obese subjectsDonatella Gniuli
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Obes Res 13:567-73. 2005..Body composition was assessed by isotopic dilution method and insulin sensitivity by euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp...
Effects of weight loss and calorie restriction on carbohydrate metabolismMelania Manco
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Science, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 8:431-9. 2005..The topics covered include insulin secretion and resistance, glucose homeostasis and allostasis, changes in the secretive patterns of adipose tissue and the entero-insular axis...
Sexual dimorphism of body composition and insulin sensitivity across pubertal development in obese Caucasian subjectsClaudia Brufani
Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Department of Paediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital IRCCS, Piazza S Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
Eur J Endocrinol 160:769-75. 2009..Factors that independently from T or age influence IS are central fat depot in girls, lean amount in boys, and total fat mass in both sexes...
Endotoxin and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 serum levels associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in childrenAnna Alisi
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 50:645-9. 2010..We investigated the association between serum levels of endotoxin, proinflammatory molecules, and histology in children with NAFLD...
Restoration of adiponectin pulsatility in severely obese subjects after weight lossMenotti Calvani
Department of Internal Medicine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Centro di Fisiopatologia dello Shock, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
Diabetes 53:939-47. 2004....
Lifestyle intervention and antioxidant therapy in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized, controlled trialValerio Nobili
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Hepatology 48:119-28. 2008..Alpha-tocopherol plus ascorbic acid does not seem to increase the efficacy of lifestyle intervention alone...
Retinol-binding protein 4: a promising circulating marker of liver damage in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseValerio Nobili
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 7:575-9. 2009..We tested the serum levels of RBP4 to assess their associations with the metabolic profile and histologic features in a large well-characterized group of children with NAFLD...
The ingestion of saturated fatty acid triacylglycerols acutely affects insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in human subjectsMelania Manco
Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University S Cuore, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
Br J Nutr 92:895-903. 2004..The data are consistent with the hypothesis that acute excess lipid availability may lead to a compensatory elevation in glucose-induced insulin secretion as a result of the decline in insulin sensitivity and a reduced insulin clearance...
Correlation of serum TNF-alpha levels and histologic liver injury scores in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
Liver Unit, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
Am J Clin Pathol 127:954-60. 2007..TNF-alpha alone or combined with leptin in a simple risk score can accurately predict a NAS of 5 or more. TNF-alpha seems to be a specific laboratory marker of NASH...
Leptin, free leptin index, insulin resistance and liver fibrosis in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseValerio Nobili
Liver Unit, Research Institute, , S Onofrio 4 Square, 00165 Rome, Italy
Eur J Endocrinol 155:735-43. 2006..Nevertheless, any causative role of leptin in NAFLD progression could be established. Thus, studies are needed to define whether the hormone plays a major role in the disease...
Hypocalcemia complicating near-total thyroidectomy in patients with coexisting lipid malabsorption due to biliopancreatic diversionMelania Manco
Department of Internal Medicine, CNR Centro di Fisiopatologia dello Shock, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
Obes Surg 14:1429-34. 2004..Patients who have undergone biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) show a high incidence of mild hypocalcemia, which may become symptomatic and life-treating after an extensive thyroid operation...
Bloodletting ameliorates insulin sensitivity and secretion in parallel to reducing liver iron in carriers of HFE gene mutationsFrancesco Equitani
Transfusion Medicine, SanFilippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
Diabetes Care 31:3-8. 2008..To clarify the pathogenesis of diabetes associated with mutations of the hemochromatosis (HFE) gene, 17 carriers, 9 normal glucose tolerant (NGT) and 8 diabetic, were evaluated in an interventional trial...
Beta-cell function in severely obese type 2 diabetic patients: long-term effects of bariatric surgeryStefania Camastra
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa School of Medicine, Pisa, Italy
Diabetes Care 30:1002-4. 2007
Therapeutic strategies for pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a challenge for health care providersValerio Nobili
Liver Unit, Research Institute, Bambino Gesu Children s Hospital, S Onofrio 4 Square, Rome, Italy
World J Gastroenterol 13:2639-41. 2007..Therapeutic approaches have aimed at treating associated conditions (obesity, insulin resistance, hyperlipemia, etc) or reducing liver oxidative damage (vitamin E)...
Intrauterine growth retardation, insulin resistance, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in childrenValerio Nobili
Liver Unit, Research Institute, , Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
Diabetes Care 30:2638-40. 2007
Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D does not affect insulin sensitivity in obesity after bariatric surgeryMelania Manco
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, School of Medicine, 484 Pineta Sacchetti, 00168 Rome, Italy
Obes Res 13:1692-700. 2005..We aimed to test the hypothesis that concentration of 25(OH)D influences insulin sensitivity in obesity before and after weight loss...
First-phase insulin secretion restoration and differential response to glucose load depending on the route of administration in type 2 diabetic subjects after bariatric surgerySerenella Salinari
Department of Systems Analysis and Informatics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Diabetes Care 32:375-80. 2009..The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms of diabetes reversibility after malabsorptive bariatric surgery...
Effects of dietary fatty acids on insulin sensitivity and secretionMelania Manco
Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, 00168 Rome, Italy
Diabetes Obes Metab 6:402-13. 2004..In humans, acute and prolonged effects of FAs on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion have been widely investigated as well as the effect of high-fat diets on insulin sensitivity and secretion and on the development of type 2 diabetes...
Dodecanedioic acid overcomes metabolic inflexibility in type 2 diabetic subjectsSerenella Salinari
Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 291:E1051-8. 2006....
Does the hormone of eternal youth protect against nonalcoholic steatohepatitis?Melania Manco
Hepatology 48:1351. 2008
Different fat distribution as marker of disease in nonalcholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
Hepatology 46:1310-1; author reply 1312. 2007
Reduced expression of uncoupling proteins-2 and -3 in adipose tissue in post-obese patients submitted to biliopancreatic diversionRoberto Vettor
Endocrine Metabolic Laboratory, Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35128 Padua, Italy
Eur J Endocrinol 148:543-50. 2003..We investigated whether the expression of UCP-2 and -3 in adipose tissue was affected by weight loss due to a biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) and related to the daily energy expenditure (24-h EE)...
Expression of Mfn2, the Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 2A gene, in human skeletal muscle: effects of type 2 diabetes, obesity, weight loss, and the regulatory role of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6Daniel Bach
Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Avda Diagonal 645, Barcelona, Spain
Diabetes 54:2685-93. 2005....
Differential effect of weight loss on insulin resistance in surgically treated obese patientsElza Muscelli
Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas, , Brazil
Am J Med 118:51-7. 2005..Selective nutrient absorption and gut hormones may interact with one another in the genesis of the metabolic abnormalities of obesity...
NEFA-glucose comodulation model of beta-cell insulin secretion in 24-h multiple-meal testSerenella Salinari
Department of Systems Analysis and Informatics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 292:E1890-8. 2007....
Intensive treatment and dietary fats in adolescents with nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 46:224. 2008
Lifestyle advice in non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22:604-5. 2007
Case management in children affected by non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseValerio Nobili
J Paediatr Child Health 43:414. 2007
How much we worry for liver fat in children?Melania Manco
Acta Paediatr 96:1373-4; author reply 1374-5. 2007
Measurement of advanced glycation end products may change NASH managementValerio Nobili
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22:1354-5. 2007
How to consider low serum vitamin D as a risk factor for insulin resistance?Melania Manco
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1450-1; author reply 1452-3. 2004
Reduced cardio-respiratory fitness in obesity with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseMelania Manco
Hepatology 48:690; author reply 690-1. 2008
