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List of works by Víctor A Cortés

AGPAT2 deficiency impairs adipogenic differentiation in primary cultured preadipocytes in a non-autophagy or apoptosis dependent mechanism.

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

AGPAT2 is essential for postnatal development and maintenance of white and brown adipose tissue.

scientific article published on 13 May 2016

Abdominal obesity is a common finding in normal and overweight subjects of Chile and is associated with increased frequency of cardiometabolic risk factors.

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Adenovirus-mediated hepatic syndecan-1 overexpression induces hepatocyte proliferation and hyperlipidaemia in mice

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Association between diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in Chilean adults: analysis of the National Health Survey 2009-2010

scientific article published in February 2014

Biology and pathological implications of brown adipose tissue: promises and caveats for the control of obesity and its associated complications.

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Carbohydrate-response-element-binding protein (ChREBP) and not the liver X receptor α (LXRα) mediates elevated hepatic lipogenic gene expression in a mouse model of glycogen storage disease type 1

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Divergent metabolic phenotype between two sisters with congenital generalized lipodystrophy due to double AGPAT2 homozygous mutations. a clinical, genetic and in silico study.

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Eating behaviour in contrasting adiposity phenotypes: Monogenic obesity and congenital generalized lipodystrophy

scientific article published on 02 August 2020

Effect of cholecystectomy on hepatic fat accumulation and insulin resistance in non-obese Hispanic patients: a pilot study.

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Expression of SREBP-1c Requires SREBP-2-mediated Generation of a Sterol Ligand for LXR in Livers of Mice.

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

Fluoxetine impairs insulin secretion without modifying extracellular serotonin levels in MIN6 β-cells

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Human 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase isoforms 1 and 2: biochemical characterization and inability to rescue hepatic steatosis in Agpat2(-/-) gene lipodystrophic mice.

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Increased Expression of Syndecan-1 Protects Against Cardiac Dilatation and Dysfunction After Myocardial Infarction

Insulin increases cholesterol uptake, lipid droplet content, and apolipoprotein B secretion in CaCo-2 cells by upregulating SR-BI via a PI3K, AKT, and mTOR-dependent pathway

scientific article published on 02 October 2018

Leptin ameliorates insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in Agpat2-/- lipodystrophic mice independent of hepatocyte leptin receptors

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Lipodystrophies: adipose tissue disorders with severe metabolic implications

scientific article published on 02 April 2015

Liver heparan sulfate proteoglycans: old molecules provide new insights on lipoprotein metabolism

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Metabolic effects of cholecystectomy: gallbladder ablation increases basal metabolic rate through G-protein coupled bile acid receptor Gpbar1-dependent mechanisms in mice

scientific article published on 4 March 2015

NO production and eNOS phosphorylation induced by epinephrine through the activation of beta-adrenoceptors.

scientific article published on 8 May 2009

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cholesterol gallstones, and cholecystectomy: new insights on a complex relationship

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Npc1 deficiency in the C57BL/6J genetic background enhances Niemann-Pick disease type C spleen pathology.

scientific article published on 2 September 2011

Pathophysiological connections between gallstone disease, insulin resistance, and obesity

scientific article published on 08 December 2019

Physiological and pathological implications of cholesterol.

scientific article published on January 2014

Prolonged Activation of the Htr2b Serotonin Receptor Impairs Glucose Stimulated Insulin Secretion and Mitochondrial Function in MIN6 Cells

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Retracted: Advances in the physiological and pathological implications of cholesterol.

retracted scientific article

Role of peripheral serotonin in the insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis

scientific article published in September 2014

Serotonin- and Dopamine-Related Gene Expression in db/db Mice Islets and in MIN6 β-Cells Treated with Palmitate and Oleate.

scientific article published on 5 June 2016

Stimulation of the Sympathetic Perimesenteric Arterial Nerves Releases Neuropeptide Y Potentiating the Vasomotor Activity of Noradrenaline: Involvement of Neuropeptide Y‐Y1 Receptors

scientific article published on 01 September 1997