Abstract: While evidence of improved renal function following gastric bypass exists, pre-operative predictors of this improvement are not completely known.To assess the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 1 year after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and to identify pre-operative predictors associated with the improvement of renal function.A historical cohort study, which included 109 obese patients before and 12 m...
Agradecimentos: We thank ER, GF, and LS for technical assistance. This work was supported by funding provided by the Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, grants from the Trust in Science Initiative from Glaxo-Smithkline, UK, and the National Institutes of Health (DK089036, DK098466; EAS). The Laboratories of Cell Signaling and Exper...
Agradecimentos: The study was supported by grants from the São Paulo Research Foundation (2013/07607-8) and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Cientifico. INFABIC is co-funded by Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) (08/57906-3) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (573913/2008-0); Abstract: Inflammation is the most relevant mechanism lin...
Agradecimentos: The authors are thankful to the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo State Research Foundation-FAPESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, financial support number 2012/09318-0). This work also was partially supported by grants from Ethicon Endo-Surgery; Abstract: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery goes beyond weight loss to induce early beneficial hormonal changes that favor glyc...
Agradecimentos: We thank E. Roman and G. Ferraz from the University of Campinas for technical assistance. Support for the study was provided by the Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico and grants from the Trust in Science Initiative from Glaxo-Smithkline, UK. The Laboratories of Cell Signaling and Experimental Endocrinology belong to...