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Marko Šestan. Published 6 articles in journals.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marko Šestan

Citation names

  • Šestan, Marko

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
121D-DA18-0D7E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1473-6647
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=en&user=RD7xLGYAAAAJ

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Croatian (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/12/01 - 2018/07/12
Concluded
 PhD in biomedicine (Doktor (PhD))
Sveuciliste u Rijeci Medicinski fakultet, Croatia
"THE ROLE OF VIRAL INFECTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSULIN RESISTANCE AND DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 IN OBESITY" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006/10/01 - 2012/12/07
Concluded
 Veterinary Medicine (Doctor)
Major in Veterinary medicine
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of University of Zagreb, Croatia
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/03/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2013/12/01 - 2019/02/28 Researcher (Research) Sveuciliste u Rijeci Medicinski fakultet, Croatia
Sveuciliste u Rijeci Medicinski fakultet, Croatia
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/02/01 - Current Imunosni mehanizmi u razvoju upale i metabolickog sindroma u debljini“ financiran od Hrvatske zaklade za znanost
IP-2016-06-9306
Post-doc
Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost, Croatia
Ongoing
2015/10/01 - 2017/12/31 Mechanisms of innate immunity in the development of visceral adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance in obesity
HR.3.2.01-0263
PhD Student Fellow
Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost, Croatia
 Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost
Concluded
2013/12/01 - 2015/10/01 The role of pathogen-driven inflammation of visceral adipose tissue in the development of Diabetes Mellitus type II
15/13
PhD Student Fellow
Sveuciliste u Rijeci Medicinski fakultet, Croatia
 Unity Through Knowledge Fund
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. "Blood glucose regulation in context of infection.". Vitamins and hormones (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.vh.2021.06.009.
    10.1016/bs.vh.2021.06.009
  2. Šestan, Marko. "'Beauty and the beast' in infection: How immune-endocrine interactions regulate systemic metabolism in the context of infection.". European journal of immunology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.201847895.
    10.1002/eji.201847895
  3. Jelencic, V.; Šestan, M.; Kavazovic, I.; Lenartic, M.; Marinovic, S.; Holmes, T.D.; Prchal-Murphy, M.; et al. "NK cell receptor NKG2D sets activation threshold for the NCR1 receptor early in NK cell development". Nature Immunology 19 10 (2018): 1083-1092. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053523603&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41590-018-0209-9
  4. Šestan, M.; Marinovic, S.; Kavazovic, I.; Cekinovic; Wueest, S.; Turk Wensveen, T.; Brizic, I.; et al. "Virus-Induced Interferon-¿ Causes Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle and Derails Glycemic Control in Obesity". Immunity (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048746698&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.immuni.2018.05.005
  5. Wensveen, F.M.; Jelencic, V.; Valentic, S.; Šestan, M.; Wensveen, T.T.; Theurich, S.; Glasner, A.; et al. "NK cells link obesity-induced adipose stress to inflammation and insulin resistance". Nature Immunology 16 4 (2015): 376-385. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925627014&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/ni.3120
  6. Wensveen, F.M.; Valentic, S.; Šestan, M.; Turk Wensveen, T.; Polic, B.. "Interactions between adipose tissue and the immune system in health and malnutrition". Seminars in Immunology 27 5 (2015): 322-333. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952877023&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.smim.2015.10.006
  7. Wensveen, F.M.; Valentic, S.; Šestan, M.; Turk Wensveen, T.; Polic, B.. "The "Big Bang" in obese fat: Events initiating obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation". European Journal of Immunology 45 9 (2015): 2446-2456. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940953781&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/eji.201545502
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/09/05 Hyperinsulinemia following IFNgamma-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscle boosts the antiviral CD8 T cell response 5th European Congress of Immunology
EFIS (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2018/01/23 Virus-induced IFN-gamma causes insulin resistance in the skeletal muscle and derails glycaemic control in obesity Keystone Symposia; Organ crosstalk in obesity and NAFLD
Keystone Symposia (Keystone, United States)
2017/09/27 Virus-induced IFN¿ causes insulin resistance in muscle and derails glycaemic control in obesity 9th FEBS Summer School on Immunology. "Immune System: Genes, Receptors and Regulation
FEBS (Hvar, Croatia)
2016/08/26 Cytomegalovirus infection enhances development of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in obesity 16th International Congress of Immunology 2016 - ICI2016
ICI (Melbourne, Australia)
2016/05/13 Cytomegalovirus infection enhances development of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in obesity 11th ENII EFIS EJI Summer School on Advanced Immunology
ENII, EFIS, EJI (Olbia, Italy)
2015/09/17 Cytomegalovirus infection enhances development of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in obesity 18th FEBS Summer School on Immunology "Immune System: Genes, Receptors and Regulation"
FEBS (Rabac, Croatia)
2015/09/07 Cytomegalovirus infection enhances development of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in obesity 4th European Congress of Immunology
EFIS (Vienna, Austria)
2015/03/12 Cytomegalovirus infection enhances development of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in obesity Spring School on Immunology 2015 DGFI
DGFI (Ettal, Germany)
Distinctions

Award

2018 Student Travel Award to attend the 5th European Congress of Immunology
2018 3. First prize for oral presentation of scientific work at Annual Meeting of the Croatian Immunological Society 2018
2016 4. Third prize for oral presentation of scientific work. Annual Meeting of the Croatian Immunological Society
2015 Student Travel Award to attend the 4th European Congress of Immunology

Other distinction

2019 1. EMBO long term fellowship