Menotti Calvani

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1 Nitric oxide in the central nervous system: neuroprotection versus neurotoxicity. Nat Rev Neurosci 2007 2.77
2 Mechanisms of recovery from type 2 diabetes after malabsorptive bariatric surgery. Diabetes 2006 1.89
3 Expression of Mfn2, the Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 2A gene, in human skeletal muscle: effects of type 2 diabetes, obesity, weight loss, and the regulatory role of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6. Diabetes 2005 1.77
4 Polyunsaturated fatty acids: biochemical, nutritional and epigenetic properties. J Am Coll Nutr 2004 1.57
5 Bloodletting ameliorates insulin sensitivity and secretion in parallel to reducing liver iron in carriers of HFE gene mutations. Diabetes Care 2007 1.48
6 Paclitaxel and Cisplatin-induced neurotoxicity: a protective role of acetyl-L-carnitine. Clin Cancer Res 2003 1.45
7 Insulin clearance in obesity. J Am Coll Nutr 2003 1.38
8 Acetyl-L-carnitine improves pain, nerve regeneration, and vibratory perception in patients with chronic diabetic neuropathy: an analysis of two randomized placebo-controlled trials. Diabetes Care 2005 1.35
9 Antioxidant effect of L-carnitine and its short chain esters: relevance for the protection from oxidative stress related cardiovascular damage. Int J Cardiol 2006 1.30
10 Effects of dietary fatty acids on insulin sensitivity and secretion. Diabetes Obes Metab 2004 1.21
11 Effect of massive weight loss on inflammatory adipocytokines and the innate immune system in morbidly obese women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 1.16
12 Acetylcarnitine induces heme oxygenase in rat astrocytes and protects against oxidative stress: involvement of the transcription factor Nrf2. J Neurosci Res 2005 1.08
13 Accumulation of overoxidized Peroxiredoxin III in aged rat liver mitochondria. Biochim Biophys Acta 2009 1.00
14 Proteomics analyses of specific protein oxidation and protein expression in aged rat brain and its modulation by L-acetylcarnitine: insights into the mechanisms of action of this proposed therapeutic agent for CNS disorders associated with oxidative stress. Antioxid Redox Signal 2006 0.99
15 Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in human carcinomas: a novel role in histone deacetylation? Cancer Biol Ther 2007 0.98
16 L-Carnitine: a potential treatment for blocking apoptosis and preventing skeletal muscle myopathy in heart failure. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002 0.98
17 Acetyl-L-carnitine-induced up-regulation of heat shock proteins protects cortical neurons against amyloid-beta peptide 1-42-mediated oxidative stress and neurotoxicity: implications for Alzheimer's disease. J Neurosci Res 2006 0.97
18 A double-blind, parallel, multicenter comparison of L-acetylcarnitine with placebo on the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in fragile X syndrome boys. Am J Med Genet A 2008 0.96
19 Skeletal muscle metabolism in physiology and in cancer disease. J Cell Biochem 2003 0.95
20 Carnitine-acyltransferase system inhibition, cancer cell death, and prevention of myc-induced lymphomagenesis. J Natl Cancer Inst 2013 0.95
21 Experimental colitis: decreased Octn2 and Atb0+ expression in rat colonocytes induces carnitine depletion that is reversible by carnitine-loaded liposomes. FASEB J 2006 0.93
22 Fatty acid synthase hyperactivation in human colorectal cancer: relationship with tumor side and sex. Oncology 2007 0.92
23 Acetylcarnitine and cellular stress response: roles in nutritional redox homeostasis and regulation of longevity genes. J Nutr Biochem 2005 0.92
24 Acetyl-L-carnitine protects yeast cells from apoptosis and aging and inhibits mitochondrial fission. Aging Cell 2010 0.91
25 Neuroprotective effects of acetyl-L-carnitine on neuropathic pain and apoptosis: a role for the nicotinic receptor. J Neurosci Res 2009 0.91
26 Systemic and brain metabolic dysfunction as a new paradigm for approaching Alzheimer's dementia. Neurochem Res 2006 0.90
27 Acetyl-L-carnitine: from a biological curiosity to a drug for the peripheral nervous system and beyond. Expert Rev Neurother 2013 0.90
28 L-carnitine infusions may suppress serum C-reactive protein and improve nutritional status in maintenance hemodialysis patients. J Ren Nutr 2005 0.88
29 Acetyl-l-carnitine induces muscarinic antinocieption in mice and rats. Neuropharmacology 2002 0.88
30 Serum levels of fatty acid synthase in colorectal cancer patients are associated with tumor stage. J Gastrointest Cancer 2012 0.87
31 Carnitine and hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2003 0.87
32 Massive weight loss decreases corticosteroid-binding globulin levels and increases free cortisol in healthy obese patients: an adaptive phenomenon? Diabetes Care 2007 0.86
33 Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D does not affect insulin sensitivity in obesity after bariatric surgery. Obes Res 2005 0.86
34 Rat liver mitochondrial proteome: changes associated with aging and acetyl-L-carnitine treatment. J Proteomics 2011 0.86
35 Acetyl-L-carnitine requires phospholipase C-IP3 pathway activation to induce antinociception. Neuropharmacology 2004 0.85
36 Effect of temperature on the stability of long-chain acylcarnitines in human blood prior to plasma separation. Clin Chim Acta 2006 0.85
37 The ingestion of saturated fatty acid triacylglycerols acutely affects insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in human subjects. Br J Nutr 2004 0.84
38 Progression of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in a carnitine-depleted rat model. Chemotherapy 2004 0.83
39 Acetyl-L-carnitine protects striatal neurons against in vitro ischemia: the role of endogenous acetylcholine. Neuropharmacology 2006 0.82
40 History of L-carnitine: implications for renal disease. J Ren Nutr 2003 0.82
41 Growth hormone and ghrelin secretion in severely obese women before and after bariatric surgery. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2007 0.82
42 Decreased mitochondrial carnitine translocase in skeletal muscles impairs utilization of fatty acids in insulin-resistant patients. Front Biosci 2002 0.81
43 Differential carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase expression defines distinct metabolic signatures in skeletal muscle cells. J Cell Physiol 2005 0.80
44 Protective effect of acetyl-L-carnitine against oxidative stress induced by antiretroviral drugs. FEBS Lett 2006 0.80
45 Menopause, insulin resistance, and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Menopause 2006 0.80
46 Propionyl-L-carnitine reduces intimal hyperplasia after injury in normocholesterolemic rabbit carotid artery by modulating proliferation and caspase 3-dependent apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells. Atherosclerosis 2002 0.79
47 Prolactin and insulin ultradian secretion and adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase expression in severely obese women after bariatric surgery. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008 0.79
48 Leptin pulsatility in formerly obese women. FASEB J 2005 0.79
49 The protective effect of L-carnitine in peripheral blood human lymphocytes exposed to oxidative agents. Mutagenesis 2005 0.79
50 Carnitine system in uremic patients: molecular and clinical aspects. Semin Nephrol 2004 0.78
51 Acetyl-L-carnitine up-regulates expression of voltage-dependent anion channel in the rat brain. Neurochem Int 2006 0.78
52 Identification of differentially expressed genes induced in the rat brain by acetyl-L-carnitine as evidenced by suppression subtractive hybridisation. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 2004 0.78
53 Ghrelin does not influence gastric emptying in obese subjects. Obes Res 2005 0.78
54 Muscle unloading potentiates the effects of acetyl-L-carnitine on the slow oxidative muscle phenotype. Biofactors 2010 0.77
55 Interaction of mildronate with the mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine transport protein. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2008 0.77
56 Effects of carnitine on thyroid hormone action. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004 0.77
57 Modulatory effect of acetyl-L-carnitine on amyloid precursor protein metabolism in hippocampal neurons. Eur J Pharmacol 2008 0.77
58 Role of carnitine in modulating acute-phase protein synthesis in hemodialysis patients. J Ren Nutr 2005 0.77
59 Acetyl-L-carnitine in the management of pain during methadone withdrawal syndrome. Clin Neuropharmacol 2009 0.76
60 How to consider low serum vitamin D as a risk factor for insulin resistance? Am J Clin Nutr 2004 0.75
61 Newer aspects of carnitine metabolism in uremia. Semin Nephrol 2006 0.75
62 Effects of binge eating behavior on fuel oxidation and body composition. J Am Coll Nutr 2005 0.75
63 Nutritional therapy in chronic kidney disease. Nutr Clin Care 2005 0.75
64 Histopathologic abnormalities of the lymphoreticular tissues in organic cation transporter 2 deficiency: evidence for impaired B cell maturation. J Pediatr 2007 0.75
65 Increased formation of short-chain organic acids after chronic ethanol administration and its interaction with the carnitine pool in rat. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004 0.75