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Fabio Mecca
Researcher at University of Turin
Publications - 3
Citations - 850
Fabio Mecca is an academic researcher from University of Turin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Insulin resistance & Chylomicron. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 816 citations.
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome: Further evidence for an etiologic association
Gianfranco Pagano,Giovanni Pacini,Giovanni Musso,Roberto Gambino,Fabio Mecca,Nadia Depetris,Maurizio Cassader,Ezio David,Paolo Cavallo-Perin,Mario Rizzetto +9 more
TL;DR: Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance occur frequently in patients with NASH; these conditions do not stem from a reduced hepatic insulin extraction but from an enhanced pancreatic insulin secretion compensatory to reduced insulin sensitivity.
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Postprandial triglyceride-rich lipoprotein metabolism and insulin sensitivity in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients
Maurizio Cassader,Roberto Gambino,Giovanni Musso,Nadia Depetris,Fabio Mecca,Paolo Cavallo-Perin,Giovanni Pacini,Mario Rizzetto,Gianfranco Pagano +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a fat load may be useful in early detection of atherogenic risk in the presence of otherwise normal fasting plasma lipids.
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Mechanical determinants of early acute ventilatory failure in COPD patients: a physiologic study.
Andrea Purro,Lorenzo Appendini,Carolina Polillo,Giovanni Musso,Claudio Taliano,Fabio Mecca,Roberto Colombo,Giorgio Carbone +7 more
TL;DR: During the early phases of an acute exacerbation of COPD, patients with COPD and acute respiratory failure had an imbalance between the decreased capacity of the respiratory muscles to generate pressure and the increased respiratory load.