• Deletion of Kinin B2 receptor alters muscle metabolism and exercise performance 

      Reis, Felipe CG; Haro, Anderson S; Bacurau, Aline V.; Hirabara, Sandro M; Wasinski, Frederick; Ormanji, Milene S; Moreira, Jose Bianco Nascimento; Kiyomoto, Beatriz H; Bertoncini, Clelia RA; Brum, Patricia Chakur; Curi, Rui; Bader, Michael; Bacurau, Reury FP; Pesquero, Joao B; Araujo, Ronaldo C (Journal article, 2015)
      Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic risk factors such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Mitochondria is the main site of ATP production and its dysfunction leads to decreased oxidative phosphorylation, ...
    • Sensing soluble uric acid by Naip1-Nlrp3 platform 

      Braga, Tarcio Teodoro; Davanso, Mariana Rodrigues; Mendes, Davi; de Souza, Tiago Antonio; de Brito, Anderson Fernandes; Cruz, Mario Costa; Hiyane, Meire Ioshie; de Lima, Dhemerson Souza; Nunes, Vinicius; de Fátima Giarola, Juliana; Souto, Denio Emanuel Pires; Próchnicki, Tomasz; Lauterbach, Mario A.R.; Biscaia, Stellee Marcela Petris; de Freitas, Rilton Alves; Curi, Rui; Pontillo, Alessandra; Latz, Eicke; Camara, Niels Olsen Saraiva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Uric acid (UA), a product of purine nucleotide degradation able to initiate an immune response, represents a breakpoint in the evolutionary history of humans, when uricase, the enzyme required for UA cleavage, was lost. ...