García Cordente, Antonio Felipe (Date of defense: 2006-06-22)
In eukaryotes, L-carnitine is involved in energy metabolism, where it facilitates b-oxidation of fatty acids. Carnitine acyltransferases catalyze the reversible conversion of acyl-CoA and carnitine to ...
De Sousa Coelho, Ana Luisa (Date of defense: 2012-06-25)
1- ROLE OF SIRT1 IN THE REGULATION OF FATTY ACID OXIDATION AND KETOGENESIS UNDER DIFFERENT NUTRIONAL CHANGES. The homolog of the yeast silencing information regulator2 (SIRT1) has been implicated in ...
Pulice, Giuseppe (Date of defense: 2014-12-15)
Changes in diet and life style caused an alarming increase in the incidence of obesity, which is considered a major risk factor for the onset of the metabolic syndrome. One of the initial events in ...