List of works - Jozef Ukropec

A carnosine intervention study in overweight human volunteers: bioavailability and reactive carbonyl species sequestering effect

scientific article published on 06 June 2016

Activation of PDGF Signaling in the Adult Muscle Stem Cell Niche in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

scientific article published in 2023

Adipocytes as a new source of catecholamine production

scientific article published on 16 June 2011

Adipogenesis and insulin sensitivity in obesity are regulated by retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma

scientific journal article

Adipokine protein expression pattern in growth hormone deficiency predisposes to the increased fat cell size and the whole body metabolic derangements.

scientific article published on 11 March 2008

Adipokine zinc-α2-glycoprotein regulated by growth hormone and linked to insulin sensitivity

scientific article published on 07 August 2014

Adipose tissue and skeletal muscle plasticity modulates metabolic health

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Aerobic-Strength Exercise Improves Metabolism and Clinical State in Parkinson's Disease Patients.

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Alpha-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen and beta2-microglobulin in adult population highly exposed to organochlorinated pollutants (PCB, DDE and HCB)

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Altered dynamics of lipid metabolism in muscle cells from patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy is ameliorated by 6-month training

scientific article published on 16 October 2020

An acute bout of aerobic or strength exercise specifically modifies circulating exerkine levels and neurocognitive functions in elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Bmp4 Promotes a Brown to White-like Adipocyte Shift.

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Carnosine Supplementation Improves Serum Resistin Concentrations in Overweight or Obese Otherwise Healthy Adults: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Carnosine supplementation reduces plasma soluble transferrin receptor in healthy overweight or obese individuals: a pilot randomised trial

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Chronic liquid nutrition intake induces obesity and considerable but reversible metabolic alterations in Wistar rats.

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

Comparison of the extrapancreatic action of BRX-220 and pioglitazone in the high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance

scientific article (publication date: June 2002)

Concerted action of leptin in regulation of fatty acid oxidation in skeletal muscle and liver

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Depth-resolved surface coil MRS (DRESS)-localized dynamic (31) P-MRS of the exercising human gastrocnemius muscle at 7 T.

scientific article published on 9 September 2014

Dietary obesity-associated Hif1α activation in adipocytes restricts fatty acid oxidation and energy expenditure via suppression of the Sirt2-NAD+ system.

scientific article published on February 2012

EIF2S3 Mutations Associated with Severe X-Linked Intellectual Disability Syndrome MEHMO.

scientific article published on 5 January 2017

Effect of carnosine supplementation on the plasma lipidome in overweight and obese adults: a pilot randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Effects of carnosine supplementation on glucose metabolism: Pilot clinical trial.

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Effects of hypoxia on adipose tissue expression of NFκB, IκBα, IKKγ and IKAP in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

scientific article published in May 2013

Effects of obesity, diabetes and exercise on Fndc5 gene expression and irisin release in human skeletal muscle and adipose tissue: in vivo and in vitro studies.

scientific article published on 2 December 2013

Exercise-mimicking treatment fails to increase Fndc5 mRNA & irisin secretion in primary human myotubes

scientific article

Genetic analysis of single-minded 1 gene in early-onset severely obese children and adolescents

scientific article

High prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes in a population exposed to high levels of an organochlorine cocktail.

scientific article published on 25 February 2010

Improved adipose tissue metabolism after 5-year growth hormone replacement therapy in growth hormone deficient adults: The role of zinc-α2-glycoprotein

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Improved spectral resolution and high reliability of in vivo (1) H MRS at 7 T allow the characterization of the effect of acute exercise on carnosine in skeletal muscle

scientific article

Inactivation of UCP1 and the glycerol phosphate cycle synergistically increases energy expenditure to resist diet-induced obesity

scientific article published on 04 August 2008

Inactivation of the mitochondrial carrier SLC25A25 (ATP-Mg2+/Pi transporter) reduces physical endurance and metabolic efficiency in mice

scientific journal article

Increased adipose tissue expression of proinflammatory CD40, MKK4 and JNK in patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 12 August 2010

Inhibition of Mevalonate Pathway Prevents Adipocyte Browning in Mice and Men by Affecting Protein Prenylation

Interrelation of 31P-MRS metabolism measurements in resting and exercised quadriceps muscle of overweight-to-obese sedentary individuals

scientific article published on 16 August 2013

Leptin is required for uncoupling protein-1-independent thermogenesis during cold stress.

scientific article published on 09 February 2006

Lipopolysaccharide induces catecholamine production in mesenteric adipose tissue of rats previously exposed to immobilization stress.

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Lipoprotein lipase HindIII polymorphism influences HDL-cholesterol levels in statin-treated patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Macronutrient preferences in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypoxemia

scientific article published on 06 April 2011

Metabolic phenotype and adipose tissue inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article

Metabolomic Analysis Reveals Changes in Plasma Metabolites in Response to Acute Cold Stress and Their Relationships to Metabolic Health in Cold-Acclimatized Humans

scientific article published in 2021

Muscle Carnosine Is Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Humans

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Muscle histidine-containing dipeptides are elevated by glucose intolerance in both rodents and men

scientific article

Muscular Power during a Lifting Task Increases after Three Months of Resistance Training in Overweight and Obese Individuals.

scientific article published on 8 June 2017

Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma Controls Mature Brown Adipocyte Inducibility through Glycerol Kinase

scientific article published in January 2018

Physiological and therapeutic effects of carnosine on cardiometabolic risk and disease

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Prior Repeated Stress Attenuates Cold-Induced Immunomodulation Associated with "Browning" in Mesenteric Fat of Rats

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Protein array reveals differentially expressed proteins in subcutaneous adipose tissue in obesity.

scientific article published in October 2007

Proteomic Analysis of Human Brown Adipose Tissue Reveals Utilization of Coupled and Uncoupled Energy Expenditure Pathways

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Regulation of De Novo Adipocyte Differentiation Through Cross Talk Between Adipocytes and Preadipocytes

scientific article published on 4 September 2015

Relationship between osteoporosis and adipose tissue leptin and osteoprotegerin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Repeated immobilization stress induces catecholamine production in rat mesenteric adipocytes.

scientific article published on 12 November 2012

Skeletal muscle alkaline Pi pool is decreased in overweight-to-obese sedentary subjects and relates to mitochondrial capacity and phosphodiester content

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Spatial variability and reproducibility of GABA-edited MEGA-LASER 3D-MRSI in the brain at 3 T.

scientific article

Stress Stimulates Production of Catecholamines in Rat Adipocytes ⬇️

scientific article published on March 9, 2012

Subcutaneous adipose tissue zinc-α2-glycoprotein is associated with adipose tissue and whole-body insulin sensitivity

scientific article published on 22 April 2014

TUSC5 regulates insulin-mediated adipose tissue glucose uptake by modulation of GLUT4 recycling

scientific article

The Role of Physical Fitness in the Neurocognitive Performance of Task Switching in Older Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

scientific article published in April 2016

The effect of the new oral hypoglycemic agent A-4166 on glucose turnover in the high fat diet-induced and/or in the hereditary insulin resistance of rats

scientific article

The hypotriglyceridemic effect of dietary n-3 FA is associated with increased beta-oxidation and reduced leptin expression.

scientific article published on October 2003

Three months of resistance training in overweight and obese individuals improves reactive balance control under unstable conditions

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Thyroid ultrasound volume, structure and function after long-term high exposure of large population to polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides and dioxin

scientific article published on 29 May 2007

Transcriptional regulation of adipocyte formation by the liver receptor homologue 1 (Lrh1)-Small hetero-dimerization partner (Shp) network

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

UCP1-independent thermogenesis in white adipose tissue of cold-acclimated Ucp1-/- mice

scientific article published on 16 August 2006

Unilateral Stability and Visual Feedback Body Control Improves After Three-Month Resistance Training in Overweight Individuals

scientific article published on 11 October 2016

Upper and Lower Body Muscle Power Increases After 3-Month Resistance Training in Overweight and Obese Men.

scientific article published on 15 August 2016

List of works by Jozef Ukropec

A carnosine intervention study in overweight human volunteers: bioavailability and reactive carbonyl species sequestering effect

Activation of PDGF Signaling in the Adult Muscle Stem Cell Niche in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Adipocytes as a new source of catecholamine production

Adipogenesis and insulin sensitivity in obesity are regulated by retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma

Adipokine protein expression pattern in growth hormone deficiency predisposes to the increased fat cell size and the whole body metabolic derangements.

Adipokine zinc-α2-glycoprotein regulated by growth hormone and linked to insulin sensitivity

Adipose tissue and skeletal muscle plasticity modulates metabolic health

Aerobic-Strength Exercise Improves Metabolism and Clinical State in Parkinson's Disease Patients.

Alpha-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen and beta2-microglobulin in adult population highly exposed to organochlorinated pollutants (PCB, DDE and HCB)

Altered dynamics of lipid metabolism in muscle cells from patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy is ameliorated by 6-month training

An acute bout of aerobic or strength exercise specifically modifies circulating exerkine levels and neurocognitive functions in elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment

Bmp4 Promotes a Brown to White-like Adipocyte Shift.

Carnosine Supplementation Improves Serum Resistin Concentrations in Overweight or Obese Otherwise Healthy Adults: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Carnosine supplementation reduces plasma soluble transferrin receptor in healthy overweight or obese individuals: a pilot randomised trial

Chronic liquid nutrition intake induces obesity and considerable but reversible metabolic alterations in Wistar rats.

Comparison of the extrapancreatic action of BRX-220 and pioglitazone in the high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance

Concerted action of leptin in regulation of fatty acid oxidation in skeletal muscle and liver

Depth-resolved surface coil MRS (DRESS)-localized dynamic (31) P-MRS of the exercising human gastrocnemius muscle at 7 T.

Dietary obesity-associated Hif1α activation in adipocytes restricts fatty acid oxidation and energy expenditure via suppression of the Sirt2-NAD+ system.

EIF2S3 Mutations Associated with Severe X-Linked Intellectual Disability Syndrome MEHMO.

Effect of carnosine supplementation on the plasma lipidome in overweight and obese adults: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Effects of carnosine supplementation on glucose metabolism: Pilot clinical trial.

Effects of hypoxia on adipose tissue expression of NFκB, IκBα, IKKγ and IKAP in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Effects of obesity, diabetes and exercise on Fndc5 gene expression and irisin release in human skeletal muscle and adipose tissue: in vivo and in vitro studies.

Exercise-mimicking treatment fails to increase Fndc5 mRNA & irisin secretion in primary human myotubes

Genetic analysis of single-minded 1 gene in early-onset severely obese children and adolescents

High prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes in a population exposed to high levels of an organochlorine cocktail.

Improved adipose tissue metabolism after 5-year growth hormone replacement therapy in growth hormone deficient adults: The role of zinc-α2-glycoprotein

Improved spectral resolution and high reliability of in vivo (1) H MRS at 7 T allow the characterization of the effect of acute exercise on carnosine in skeletal muscle

Inactivation of UCP1 and the glycerol phosphate cycle synergistically increases energy expenditure to resist diet-induced obesity

Inactivation of the mitochondrial carrier SLC25A25 (ATP-Mg2+/Pi transporter) reduces physical endurance and metabolic efficiency in mice

Increased adipose tissue expression of proinflammatory CD40, MKK4 and JNK in patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Inhibition of Mevalonate Pathway Prevents Adipocyte Browning in Mice and Men by Affecting Protein Prenylation

Inhibition of Mevalonate Pathway Prevents Adipocyte Browning in Mice and Men by Affecting Protein Prenylation

Interrelation of 31P-MRS metabolism measurements in resting and exercised quadriceps muscle of overweight-to-obese sedentary individuals

Leptin is required for uncoupling protein-1-independent thermogenesis during cold stress.

Lipopolysaccharide induces catecholamine production in mesenteric adipose tissue of rats previously exposed to immobilization stress.

Lipoprotein lipase HindIII polymorphism influences HDL-cholesterol levels in statin-treated patients with coronary artery disease

Macronutrient preferences in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypoxemia

Metabolic phenotype and adipose tissue inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Metabolomic Analysis Reveals Changes in Plasma Metabolites in Response to Acute Cold Stress and Their Relationships to Metabolic Health in Cold-Acclimatized Humans

Muscle Carnosine Is Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Humans

Muscle histidine-containing dipeptides are elevated by glucose intolerance in both rodents and men

Muscular Power during a Lifting Task Increases after Three Months of Resistance Training in Overweight and Obese Individuals.

Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma Controls Mature Brown Adipocyte Inducibility through Glycerol Kinase

Physiological and therapeutic effects of carnosine on cardiometabolic risk and disease

Prior Repeated Stress Attenuates Cold-Induced Immunomodulation Associated with "Browning" in Mesenteric Fat of Rats

Protein array reveals differentially expressed proteins in subcutaneous adipose tissue in obesity.

Proteomic Analysis of Human Brown Adipose Tissue Reveals Utilization of Coupled and Uncoupled Energy Expenditure Pathways

Regulation of De Novo Adipocyte Differentiation Through Cross Talk Between Adipocytes and Preadipocytes

Relationship between osteoporosis and adipose tissue leptin and osteoprotegerin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Repeated immobilization stress induces catecholamine production in rat mesenteric adipocytes.

Skeletal muscle alkaline Pi pool is decreased in overweight-to-obese sedentary subjects and relates to mitochondrial capacity and phosphodiester content

Spatial variability and reproducibility of GABA-edited MEGA-LASER 3D-MRSI in the brain at 3 T.

Stress Stimulates Production of Catecholamines in Rat Adipocytes ⬇️

Subcutaneous adipose tissue zinc-α2-glycoprotein is associated with adipose tissue and whole-body insulin sensitivity

TUSC5 regulates insulin-mediated adipose tissue glucose uptake by modulation of GLUT4 recycling

The Role of Physical Fitness in the Neurocognitive Performance of Task Switching in Older Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

The effect of the new oral hypoglycemic agent A-4166 on glucose turnover in the high fat diet-induced and/or in the hereditary insulin resistance of rats

The hypotriglyceridemic effect of dietary n-3 FA is associated with increased beta-oxidation and reduced leptin expression.

Three months of resistance training in overweight and obese individuals improves reactive balance control under unstable conditions

Thyroid ultrasound volume, structure and function after long-term high exposure of large population to polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides and dioxin

Transcriptional regulation of adipocyte formation by the liver receptor homologue 1 (Lrh1)-Small hetero-dimerization partner (Shp) network

UCP1-independent thermogenesis in white adipose tissue of cold-acclimated Ucp1-/- mice

Unilateral Stability and Visual Feedback Body Control Improves After Three-Month Resistance Training in Overweight Individuals

Upper and Lower Body Muscle Power Increases After 3-Month Resistance Training in Overweight and Obese Men.