Research Area
Active Research fields
Gut peptides involved in the food intake control: role in obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes
Functional food: anti-oxidant - antiinflammatory actions and beneficial effects against hepatic steatosis and neurodegeneration in the high fat diet mouse. The experiments use a high fat diet obese mice.
Research projects of the last 5 years
"Emerging peptides as beneficial factors in obesity-related disorders" proposal submitted as Principal Investigator - PRIN 2015.
Collaborations
Marta Di Carlo - CNR Palermo
prof. Cerra - UNICAL
Prof. Vannucchi - Florence University
Prof. Tack - katholik University - Leuven Belgio
Prof. Wood - ohio university - Columbus Usa
Active research
Hussing chamber for epithelial permeability measurements
Complete set-up for detecting smooth muscle tension.