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  1. Dysregulated Phenylalanine Catabolism Plays a Key Role in the Trajectory of Cardiac Aging

    Article • Circulation, August 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Pini

  2. Adipose tissue senescence is mediated by increased ATP content after a short‐term high‐fat diet exposure

    Article • Aging Cell, July 2021, Wiley

    Maria Pini

  3. Increased Sirt1 secreted from visceral white adipose tissue is associated with improved glucose tolerance in obese Nrf2-deficient mice

    Article • Redox Biology, January 2021, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  4. Visceral Adipose Tissue Drives Cardiac Aging Through Modulation of Fibroblast Senescence by Osteopontin Production

    Article • Circulation, August 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Pini

  5. Short-term high-fat diet compromises myocardial function: a radial strain rate imaging study

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, January 2017, European Society of Cardiology

    Maria Pini

  6. Adipose tissue adaptive response to trans -10, cis -12–conjugated linoleic acid engages alternatively activated M2 macrophages

    Article • The FASEB Journal, September 2015, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Maria Pini

  7. Persistent organic pollutants and biomarkers of diabetes risk in a cohort of Great Lakes sport caught fish consumers

    Article • Environmental Research, July 2015, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  8. DAPK2 Downregulation Associates With Attenuated Adipocyte Autophagic Clearance in Human Obesity

    Article • Diabetes, June 2015, American Diabetes Association

    Isabelle Dugail, Maria Pini

  9. Irf5 deficiency in macrophages promotes beneficial adipose tissue expansion and insulin sensitivity during obesity

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Pini

  10. Cathepsin S inhibition lowers blood glucose levels in mice

    Article • Diabetologia, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Pini

  11. Increased Adiposity in Annexin A1-Deficient Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Maria Pini

  12. Increased Adiposity, Dysregulated Glucose Metabolism and Systemic Inflammation in Galectin-3 KO Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Maria Pini

  13. Adipose tissue-specific modulation of galectin expression in lean and obese mice: Evidence for regulatory function

    Article • Obesity, February 2013, Wiley

    Maria Pini

  14. Obesity and IL-6 interact in modulating the response to endotoxemia in mice

    Article • Cytokine, January 2013, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  15. Fatigue, Inflammation, and Projected Mortality in Heart Failure

    Article • Journal of Cardiac Failure, September 2012, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  16. Rosiglitazone Improves Survival and Hastens Recovery from Pancreatic Inflammation in Obese Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2012, PLOS

    Maria Pini

  17. Role of IL-6 in the resolution of pancreatitis in obese mice

    Article • Journal of Leukocyte Biology, June 2012, Wiley

    Maria Pini

  18. Hematological and acute-phase responses to diet-induced obesity in IL-6 KO mice

    Article • Cytokine, December 2011, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  19. Homocysteine suppresses lipolysis in adipocytes by activating the AMPK pathway

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, October 2011, American Physiological Society

    Maria Pini

  20. Suppressed cytokine production in whole blood cultures may be related to iron status and hepcidin and is partially corrected following weight reduction in morbidly obese pre-menopausal women

    Article • Cytokine, February 2011, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  21. Generation of Leptin Receptor Bone Marrow Chimeras: Recovery From Irradiation, Immune Cellularity, Cytokine Expression, and Metabolic Parameters

    Article • Obesity, December 2010, Wiley

    Maria Pini

  22. PS2-15 IL-6 is critical for recovery from IL-12+IL-18-induced thrombocytopenia in obese mice

    Article • Cytokine, October 2010, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  23. PS2-13 Induction of Eotaxin-1 (CCL11) by co-administration of IL-12 and IL-18 in lean and obese mice

    Article • Cytokine, October 2010, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  24. Betaine improved adipose tissue function in mice fed a high-fat diet: a mechanism for hepatoprotective effect of betaine in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, May 2010, American Physiological Society

    Maria Pini

  25. Effect of Diet-induced Obesity on Acute Pancreatitis Induced by Administration of Interleukin-12 Plus Interleukin-18 in Mice

    Article • Obesity, March 2010, Wiley

    Maria Pini

  26. Enhanced production of IL-17A during zymosan-induced peritonitis in obese mice

    Article • Journal of Leukocyte Biology, September 2009, Wiley

    Maria Pini

  27. Adiponectin deficiency modulates adhesion molecules expression and cytokine production but does not affect disease severity in the transfer model of colitis

    Article • Cytokine, August 2009, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  28. Adiponectin deficiency does not affect development and progression of spontaneous colitis in IL-10 knockout mice

    Article • AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, February 2009, American Physiological Society

    Maria Pini

  29. Role of leptin receptor-induced STAT3 signaling in modulation of intestinal and hepatic inflammation in mice

    Article • Journal of Leukocyte Biology, December 2008, Wiley

    Maria Pini

  30. Role and Regulation of Adipokines during Zymosan-Induced Peritoneal Inflammation in Mice

    Article • Endocrinology, August 2008, Endocrine Society

    Maria Pini

  31. Interleukin-18, together with interleukin-12, induces severe acute pancreatitis in obese but not in nonobese leptin-deficient mice

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Maria Pini

  32. ADMINISTRATION OF IL-12 AND IL-18 WHICH INDUCES SEVERE PANCREATIC DAMAGE IN OBESE, LEPTIN-DEFICIENT OB/OB MICE CAN BE USED AS A PATHOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MODEL OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS

    Article • Pancreas, November 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Pini

  33. Adiponectin Deficiency Protects Mice From Chemically Induced Colonic Inflammation

    Article • Gastroenterology, February 2007, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  34. Transplantation of wild-type white adipose tissue normalizes metabolic, immune and inflammatory alterations in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice

    Article • Cytokine, December 2006, Elsevier

    Maria Pini

  35. Adiponectin Deficiency Does Not Affect the Inflammatory Response to Endotoxin or Concanavalin A in Mice

    Article • Endocrinology, November 2006, Endocrine Society

    Maria Pini

  36. Induction of thymocyte apoptosis by systemic administration of concanavalin A in mice: role of TNF-α, IFN-γ and glucocorticoids

    Article • European Journal of Immunology, August 2005, Wiley

    Maria Pini