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Menotti Calvani
Researcher at The Catholic University of America
Publications - 27
Citations - 2982
Menotti Calvani is an academic researcher from The Catholic University of America. The author has contributed to research in topics: Insulin resistance & Insulin. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 27 publications receiving 2679 citations. Previous affiliations of Menotti Calvani include University of Rome Tor Vergata & Sapienza University of Rome.
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Nitric oxide in the central nervous system: neuroprotection versus neurotoxicity
Vittorio Calabrese,Cesare Mancuso,Menotti Calvani,Enrico Rizzarelli,D. Allan Butterfield,Anna Maria Giuffrida Stella +5 more
TL;DR: The role of nitric oxide as a Janus molecule in the cell death or survival mechanisms in brain cells is discussed in this paper. But the role of this gas in the regulation of the cardiovascular, immune and nervous systems is not discussed.
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New obesity classification criteria as a tool for bariatric surgery indication
Antonino De Lorenzo,Laura Soldati,Francesca Sarlo,Menotti Calvani,Nicola Di Lorenzo,Laura Di Renzo +5 more
TL;DR: It is crucial to recommend a bariatric surgery taking into account adiposopathy and sick fat that occurs with the expansion of fat mass, changing the inflammatory and metabolic profile of the patient.
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Effects of dietary fatty acids on insulin sensitivity and secretion.
TL;DR: The biochemical mechanisms responsible for lower fatty acid oxidation involve reduced carnitine palmitoyl transferase activity, as a likely consequence of increased intracellular concentrations of malonyl‐CoA; reduced glycogen synthase activity; and impairment of insulin signalling and glucose transport.
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Effect of Massive Weight Loss on Inflammatory Adipocytokines and the Innate Immune System in Morbidly Obese Women
Melania Manco,J. Manuel Fernandez-Real,Francesco Equitani,Joan Vendrell,Maria Elena Valera Mora,Giuseppe Nanni,Vincenzo Tondolo,Menotti Calvani,Wilfredo Ricart,Marco Castagneto,Geltrude Mingrone +10 more
TL;DR: Surgically induced weight loss is capable of reversing low-grade inflammation, at least partially and the relationships between sCD14, MBL, BPI, and glucose sensitivity, and the role of TNF-alpha in obesity warrant further investigation.
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Acetylcarnitine induces heme oxygenase in rat astrocytes and protects against oxidative stress: Involvement of the transcription factor Nrf2
Vittorio Calabrese,A. Ravagna,C Colombrita,Giovanni Scapagnini,E Guagliano,Menotti Calvani,D. Allan Butterfield,Anna Maria Giuffrida Stella +7 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that maintenance or recovery of the activity of vitagenes may delay the aging process and decrease the risk of age‐related diseases.