Glucocorticoid treatment and endocrine pancreas function: implications for glucose homeostasis, insulin resistance and diabetes A Rafacho, H Ortsäter, A Nadal, I Quesada J Endocrinol 223 (3), R49-R62, 2014 | 234 | 2014 |
High doses of dexamethasone induce increased β-cell proliferation in pancreatic rat islets A Rafacho, TM Cestari, SR Taboga, AC Boschero, JR Bosqueiro American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism 296 (4), E681-E689, 2009 | 135 | 2009 |
A role for the putative cannabinoid receptor GPR55 in the islets of Langerhans SY Romero-Zerbo, A Rafacho, A Diaz-Arteaga, J Suárez, I Quesada, ... Journal of endocrinology 211 (2), 177, 2011 | 125 | 2011 |
Functional alterations in endocrine pancreas of rats with different degrees of dexamethasone-induced insulin resistance A Rafacho, VAG Giozzet, AC Boschero, JR Bosqueiro Pancreas 36 (3), 284-293, 2008 | 102 | 2008 |
Glucocorticoids in Vivo Induce Both Insulin Hypersecretion and Enhanced Glucose Sensitivity of Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Isolated Rat Islets A Rafacho, L Marroqui, SR Taboga, JLF Abrantes, LR Silveira, ... Endocrinology 151 (1), 85-95, 2010 | 97 | 2010 |
Dexamethasone-induced insulin resistance is associated with increased connexin 36 mRNA and protein expression in pancreatic rat islets A Rafacho, LP Roma, SR Taboga, AC Boschero, JR Bosqueiro Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology 85 (5), 536-545, 2007 | 94 | 2007 |
Impact of glucocorticoid excess on glucose tolerance: clinical and preclinical evidence AM Pasieka, A Rafacho Metabolites 6 (3), 24, 2016 | 93 | 2016 |
Exercise training prevents hyperinsulinemia, muscular glycogen loss and muscle atrophy induced by dexamethasone treatment M Barel, OAB Perez, VA Giozzet, A Rafacho, JR Bosqueiro, SL do Amaral European journal of applied physiology 108, 999-1007, 2010 | 92 | 2010 |
Morphofunctional alterations in endocrine pancreas of short-and long-term dexamethasone-treated rats A Rafacho, JLF Abrantes, DL Ribeiro, FM Paula, ME Pinto, AC Boschero, ... Hormone and Metabolic Research 43 (04), 275-281, 2011 | 88 | 2011 |
Glargine vs. NPH insulin therapy in pregnancies complicated by diabetes: an observational cohort study CA Negrato, A Rafacho, G Negrato, MF Teixeira, CAR Araújo, L Vieira, ... diabetes research and clinical practice 89 (1), 46-51, 2010 | 84 | 2010 |
Implications of palmitoleic acid (palmitoleate) on glucose homeostasis, insulin resistance and diabetes E Araujo Nunes, A Rafacho Current drug targets 18 (6), 619-628, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
Increased pancreatic islet mass is accompanied by activation of the insulin receptor substrate‐2/serine‐threonine kinase pathway and augmented cyclin D2 protein … A Rafacho, DL Ribeiro, AC Boschero, SR Taboga, JR Bosqueiro International journal of experimental pathology 89 (4), 264-275, 2008 | 55 | 2008 |
The adaptive compensations in endocrine pancreas from glucocorticoid‐treated rats are reversible after the interruption of treatment A Rafacho, S Quallio, DL Ribeiro, SR Taboga, FMM Paula, AC Boschero, ... Acta physiologica 200 (3), 223-235, 2010 | 54 | 2010 |
High‐fat diet obesity associated with insulin resistance increases cell proliferation, estrogen receptor, and PI3K proteins in rat ventral prostate DL Ribeiro, ME Pinto, A Rafacho, JR Bosqueiro, SY Maeda, ... Journal of andrology 33 (5), 854-865, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
Augmentation of insulin secretion by leucine supplementation in malnourished rats: possible involvement of the phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate kinase/mammalian target protein … E Filiputti, A Rafacho, EP Araújo, LR Silveira, A Trevisan, TM Batista, ... Metabolism 59 (5), 635-644, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
Hyperinsulinemia caused by dexamethasone treatment is associated with reduced insulin clearance and lower hepatic activity of insulin-degrading enzyme AOP Protzek, LF Rezende, JM Costa-Júnior, SM Ferreira, APG Cappelli, ... The journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology 155, 1-8, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
Pancreatic alpha-cell dysfunction contributes to the disruption of glucose homeostasis and compensatory insulin hypersecretion in glucocorticoid-treated rats A Rafacho, LM Goncalves-Neto, JC Santos-Silva, P Alonso-Magdalena, ... PLoS One 9 (4), e93531, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
Prostate hyperplasia caused by long‐term obesity is characterized by high deposition of extracellular matrix and increased content of MMP‐9 and VEGF SA Silva, MG Gobbo, ME Pinto‐Fochi, A Rafacho, SR Taboga, ... International journal of experimental pathology 96 (1), 21-30, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
Reduced insulin secretion in protein malnourished mice is associated with multiple changes in the β-cell stimulus-secretion coupling S Soriano, A Gonzalez, L Marroquí, E Tudurí, E Vieira, AG Amaral, ... Endocrinology 151 (8), 3543-3554, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
Augmented β‐Cell Function and Mass in Glucocorticoid‐Treated Rodents Are Associated with Increased Islet Ir‐β/AKT/mTOR and Decreased AMPK/ACC and … AOP Protzek, JM Costa-Júnior, LF Rezende, GJ Santos, TG Araújo, ... International journal of endocrinology 2014 (1), 983453, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |