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I am an Associate Professor in clinical and translational research with a primary focus on adipose tissue metabolism in obesity and type 2 diabetes. I have published 76 peer-reviewed scientific papers, contributing novel insights into both the metabolic profiling of adipose tissue and the pharmacology of metabolic dysfunction. My research bridges molecular mechanisms and clinical applications, spanning studies of drug-induced metabolic alterations to the elucidation of molecular pathways in metabolic disease. I have led multidisciplinary projects and fostered extensive collaborations across medical and research institutions. In addition to my research, I am committed to mentoring the next generation of scientists through active supervision of PhD students and participation in postgraduate education.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria João Rodrigues Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Maria J

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1513-EB2F-0D7F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5498-3899

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Swedish Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008/06/01 - 2012/11/16
Concluded
 Medical Sciences (Doktor (PhD))
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
"Effects of immunosuppressive agents on adipose tissue metabolism " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1999/10/01 - 2003/12/15
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/04/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Uppsala universitet Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper, Sweden
2013/04/01 - 2020/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Uppsala universitet Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper, Sweden
2012/12/01 - 2013/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2003/04/01 - 2008/04/30 Assessor Superior (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Laboratório) António Mergulhão SA, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2002/01/01 - 2003/09/30 Managing partner Microsolution, Lda, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira; Giovanni Fanni; Ulf Risérus; Mark Lubberink; Håkan Ahlström. "Similar early metabolic changes induced by dietary weight loss or bariatric surgery. Reply to Taylor R [letter]". Diabetologia (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-024-06276-4.
    10.1007/s00125-024-06276-4
  2. Maria J. Pereira; Argyri Mathioudaki; Alicia G. Otero; Padma Priya Duvvuri; Milica Vranic; Amir Sedigh; Jan W. Eriksson; Maria K. Svensson. "Renal sinus adipose tissue: exploratory study of metabolic features and transcriptome compared with omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue". Obesity (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24114.
    10.1002/oby.24114
  3. Aryane Cruz Oliveira Pinho; Pedro Barbosa; André Lazaro; José G. Tralhão; Maria João Pereira; Artur Paiva; Paula Laranjeira; Eugenia Carvalho. "Identification and characterization of circulating and adipose tissue infiltrated CD20+ T cells from subjects with obesity that undergo bariatric surgery". Immunology Letters (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2024.106911.
    10.1016/j.imlet.2024.106911
  4. Argyri Mathioudaki; Giovanni Fanni; Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira. "Metabolomic Profiling of Adipose Tissue in Type 2 Diabetes: Associations with Obesity and Insulin Resistance". Metabolites (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo14080411.
    10.3390/metabo14080411
  5. Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira; Christakis Kagios; Sofia Kvernby; Elin Lundström; Giovanni Fanni; Martin H. Lundqvist; et al. "Short-term effects of obesity surgery versus low-energy diet on body composition and tissue-specific glucose uptake: a randomised clinical study using whole-body integrated 18F-FDG-PET/MRI". Diabetologia (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-024-06150-3.
    10.1007/s00125-024-06150-3
  6. Aryane Cruz Oliveira Pinho; Pedro Barbosa; Maria João Pereira; Artur Paiva; Eugenia Carvalho; Paula Laranjeira. "The role of CD20+ T cells: Insights in human peripheral blood". Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.b.22178.
    10.1002/cyto.b.22178
  7. Pedro Barbosa; Aryane Pinho; André Lázaro; Diogo Paula; José G. Tralhão; Artur Paiva; Maria J. Pereira; Eugenia Carvalho; Paula Laranjeira. "Bariatric Surgery Induces Alterations in the Immune Profile of Peripheral Blood T Cells". Biomolecules (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14020219.
    10.3390/biom14020219
  8. Martin H Lundqvist; Maria J Pereira; Kristina Almby; Susanne Hetty; Jan W Eriksson. "Regulation of the Cortisol Axis, Glucagon, and Growth Hormone by Glucose Is Altered in Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2024): https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgad549.
    10.1210/clinem/dgad549
  9. Pedro Barbosa; Aryane Pinho; André Lázaro; Daniela Rosendo-Silva; Diogo Paula; José Campos; José G. Tralhão; et al. "CD8+ Treg cells play a role in the obesity-associated insulin resistance". Life Sciences (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2023.122306.
    10.1016/j.lfs.2023.122306
  10. Patricia O. Benedet; Nooshin S. Safikhan; Maria J. Pereira; Bryan M. Lum; José Diego Botezelli; Cheng-Hsiang Kuo; Hua-Lin Wu; et al. "CD248 promotes insulin resistance by binding to the insulin receptor and dampening its insulin-induced autophosphorylation". eBioMedicine (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104906.
    10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104906
  11. Susanne Hetty; Milica Vranic; Prasad G Kamble; Martin H Lundqvist; Maria J Pereira; Jan W Eriksson. "CABLES1 expression is reduced in human subcutaneous adipose tissue in obesity and type 2 diabetes but may not directly impact adipocyte glucose and lipid metabolism". Adipocyte (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21623945.2023.2242997.
    10.1080/21623945.2023.2242997
  12. Fozia Ahmed; Milica Vranic; Susanne Hetty; Argyri Mathioudaki; Vagia Patsoukaki; Giovanni Fanni; Maria J Pereira; Jan W Eriksson. "Increased OCT3 Expression in Adipose Tissue With Aging: Implications for Catecholamine and Lipid Turnover and Insulin Resistance in Women". Endocrinology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1210/endocr/bqad172.
    10.1210/endocr/bqad172
  13. Milica Vranic; Fozia Ahmed; Robin Kristófi; Susanne Hetty; Dariush Mokhtari; Maria K. Svensson; Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira. "Subcutaneous adipose tissue dopamine D2 receptor is increased in prediabetes and T2D". Endocrine (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-023-03525-1.
    10.1007/s12020-023-03525-1
  14. Martin H. Lundqvist; Maria J. Pereira; Jan W. Eriksson. "Glucose-dependent inflammatory responses in obese compared to lean individuals". Endocrine (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-023-03433-4.
    10.1007/s12020-023-03433-4
  15. Milica Vranic; Fozia Ahmed; Susanne Hetty; Assel Sarsenbayeva; Vitor Ferreira; Giovanni Fanni; Ángela M. Valverde; Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira. "Effects of the second-generation antipsychotic drugs aripiprazole and olanzapine on human adipocyte differentiation". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2022.111828.
    10.1016/j.mce.2022.111828
  16. Giovanni Fanni; Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira. "Several Metabolite Families Display Inflexibility during Glucose Challenge in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: An Untargeted Metabolomics Study". Metabolites (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13010131.
    10.3390/metabo13010131
  17. Maria J Pereira; Ayesha Azim; Susanne Hetty; Bipasha Nandi Jui; Joel Kullberg; Martin H Lundqvist; Jan W Eriksson. "Interleukin-33 inhibits glucose uptake in human adipocytes and its expression in adipose tissue is elevated in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes". Cytokine (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2022.156080.
    10.1016/j.cyto.2022.156080
  18. Fozia Ahmed; Susanne Hetty; Milica Vranic; Giovanni Fanni; Joel Kullberg; Maria João Pereira; Jan Eriksson. "ESR2 expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue is related to body fat distribution in women, and knockdown impairs preadipocyte differentiation". Adipocyte (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21623945.2022.2102116.
    10.1080/21623945.2022.2102116
  19. Giovanni Fanni; Petros Katsogiannos; Bipasha Nandi Jui; Magnus Sundbom; Susanne Hetty; Maria J Pereira; Jan W Eriksson. "Response of multiple hormones to glucose and arginine challenge in T2DM after gastric bypass". Endocrine Connections (2022): https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-22-0172.
    10.1530/EC-22-0172
  20. Bipasha Nandi Jui; Assel Sarsenbayeva; Henning Jernow; Susanne Hetty; Maria J Pereira. "Evaluation of RNA Isolation Methods in Human Adipose Tissue". Laboratory Medicine (2022): https://doi.org/10.1093/labmed/lmab126.
    10.1093/labmed/lmab126
  21. Ahmed, Fozia; Kamble, Prasad G; Hetty, Susanne; Fanni, Giovanni; Vranic, Milica; Sarsenbayeva, Assel; Kristófi, Robin; et al. "Role of Estrogen and Its Receptors in Adipose Tissue Glucose Metabolism in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 107 5 (2022): e1879-e1889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgac042.
    10.1210/clinem/dgac042
  22. ARYANE C.O. PINHO; ANA BURGEIRO; MARIA JOÃO PEREIRA; EUGENIA CARVALHO. "Drug-induced metabolic alterations in adipose tissue - with an emphasis in epicardial adipose tissue". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 94 1 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202220201819.
    10.1590/0001-3765202220201819
  23. Diamanti, K.; Cavalli, M.; Pereira, M.J.; Pan, G.; Castillejo-López, C.; Kumar, C.; Mundt, F.; et al. "Organ-specific metabolic pathways distinguish prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, and normal tissues". Cell Reports Medicine 3 10 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85140051320&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100763
  24. Sarsenbayeva, A.; Pereira, M.J.; Nandi Jui, B.; Ahmed, F.; Dipta, P.; Fanni, G.; Almby, K.; et al. "Excess glucocorticoid exposure contributes to adipose tissue fibrosis which involves macrophage interaction with adipose precursor cells". Biochemical Pharmacology 198 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85125455721&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bcp.2022.114976
  25. Ferreira, V.; Folgueira, C.; Guillén, M.; Zubiaur, P.; Navares, M.; Sarsenbayeva, A.; López-Larrubia, P.; et al. "Modulation of hypothalamic AMPK phosphorylation by olanzapine controls energy balance and body weight". Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental 137 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85140401416&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.metabol.2022.155335
  26. MARIA J Pereira; MILICA VRANIC; PRASAD G KAMBLE; HENNING JERNOW; ROBIN KRISTÓFI; EMA HOLBIKOVA; STANKO SKRTIC; et al. "CDKN2C expression in adipose tissue is reduced in type II diabetes and central obesity: impact on adipocyte differentiation and lipid storage?". Translational Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trsl.2021.12.003.
    10.1016/j.trsl.2021.12.003
  27. Torres, Alejandra N.; Tavares, Ludgero; Pereira, Maria J.; Eriksson, Jan W.; Jones, John G.. "Positional and compositional analysis of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids in human adipose tissue triglyceride by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance". NMR in Biomedicine 36 4 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4632.
    10.1002/nbm.4632
  28. Sarsenbayeva, Assel; Jui, Bipasha Nandi; Fanni, Giovanni; Barbosa, Pedro; Ahmed, Fozia; Kristófi, Robin; Cen, Jing; et al. "Impaired HMG-CoA Reductase Activity Caused by Genetic Variants or Statin Exposure: Impact on Human Adipose Tissue, ß-Cells and Metabolome". Metabolites 11 9 (2021): 574. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo11090574.
    10.3390/metabo11090574
  29. Priya Dipta; Assel Sarsenbayeva; Miriam Shmuel; Francesca Forno; Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira; Xesús M. Abalo; et al. "Macrophage-derived secretome is sufficient to confer olanzapine-mediated insulin resistance in human adipocytes". Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 7 (2021): 100073-100073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100073.
    10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100073
  30. Almby, Kristina E; Katsogiannos, Petros; Pereira, Maria J; Karlsson, F Anders; Sundbom, Magnus; Wiklund, Urban; Kamble, Prasad G; Eriksson, Jan W. "Time Course of Metabolic, Neuroendocrine, and Adipose Effects During 2 Years of Follow-up After Gastric Bypass in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 106 10 (2021): e4049-e4061. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab398.
    10.1210/clinem/dgab398
  31. Eriksson, Jan W; Visvanathar, Robin; Kullberg, Joel; Strand, Robin; Skrtic, Stanko; Ekström, Simon; Lubberink, Mark; et al. "Tissue-specific glucose partitioning and fat content in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: whole-body PET/MRI during hyperinsulinemia". European Journal of Endocrinology 184 6 (2021): 879-889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/eje-20-1359.
    10.1530/eje-20-1359
  32. Pereira, Maria J.; Andersson-Assarsson, Johanna C.; Jacobson, Peter; Kamble, Prasad; Taube, Magdalena; Sjöholm, Kajsa; Carlsson, Lena M. S.; Svensson, Per-Arne. "Human adipose tissue gene expression of solute carrier family 19 member 3 (SLC19A3); relation to obesity and weight-loss". Obesity Science & Practice 8 1 (2021): 21-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.541.
    10.1002/osp4.541
  33. Almby, Kristina E.; Lundqvist, Martin H.; Abrahamsson, Niclas; Kvernby, Sofia; Fahlström, Markus; Pereira, Maria J.; Gingnell, Malin; et al. "Effects of Gastric Bypass Surgery on the Brain: Simultaneous Assessment of Glucose Uptake, Blood Flow, Neural Activity, and Cognitive Function During Normo- and Hypoglycemia". Diabetes 70 6 (2021): 1265-1277. http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db20-1172.
    10.2337/db20-1172
  34. Katsogiannos, Petros; Kamble, Prasad G.; Pereira, Maria J.; Sundbom, Magnus; Carlsson, Per-Ola; Eriksson, Jan W.; Espes, Daniel. "Changes in Circulating Cytokines and Adipokines After RYGB in Patients with and without Type 2 Diabetes". Obesity 29 3 (2021): 535-542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.23093.
    10.1002/oby.23093
  35. Ahmed, F.; Pereira, M.J.; Aguer, C.. "Bisphenols and the development of type 2 diabetes: The role of the skeletal muscle and adipose tissue". Environments - MDPI 8 4 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85106927721&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ENVIRONMENTS8040035
  36. Fozia Ahmed; Assel Sarsenbayeva; Petros Katsogiannos; Céline Aguer; Maria J Pereira. "The effects of bisphenol A and bisphenol S on adipokine expression and glucose metabolism in human adipose tissue". Toxicology 445 (2020): 152600-152600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2020.152600.
    10.1016/j.tox.2020.152600
  37. Sarsenbayeva, Assel; Dipta, Priya; Lundqvist, Martin; Almby, Kristina E.; Tirosh, Boaz; Di Nunzio, Giada; Eriksson, Jan W.; Pereira, Maria J.. "Human macrophages stimulate expression of inflammatory mediators in adipocytes; effects of second-generation antipsychotics and glucocorticoids on cellular cross-talk". Psychoneuroendocrinology 125 (2020): 105071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105071.
    10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105071
  38. Martin H. Lundqvist; Kristina Almby; Urban Wiklund; Niclas Abrahamsson; Prasad G. Kamble; Maria J. Pereira; Jan W. Eriksson. "Altered hormonal and autonomic nerve responses to hypo- and hyperglycaemia are found in overweight and insulin-resistant individuals and may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes". Diabetologia (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-020-05332-z.
    10.1007/s00125-020-05332-z
  39. Kamble, Prasad G.; Hetty, Susanne; Vranic, Milica; Almby, Kristina; Castillejo-López, Casimiro; Abalo, Xesús M.; Pereira, Maria J.; Eriksson, Jan W.. "Proof-of-concept for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in human preadipocytes: Deletion of FKBP5 and PPARG and effects on adipocyte differentiation and metabolism". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67293-y.
    10.1038/s41598-020-67293-y
  40. Diamanti, Klev; Visvanathar, Robin; Pereira, Maria J.; Cavalli, Marco; Pan, Gang; Kumar, Chanchal; Skrtic, Stanko; et al. "Integration of whole-body [18F]FDG PET/MRI with non-targeted metabolomics can provide new insights on tissue-specific insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64524-0.
    10.1038/s41598-020-64524-0
  41. Sjöholm, Åke; Pereira, Maria João; Nilsson, Thomas; Linde, Torbjörn; Katsogiannos, Petros; Saaf, Jan; Eriksson, Jan W. "Type B insulin resistance syndrome in a patient with type 1 diabetes". Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports 2020 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/edm-19-0157.
    10.1530/edm-19-0157
  42. Guglielmo, P.; Ekström, S.; Strand, R.; Visvanathar, R.; Malmberg, F.; Johansson, E.; Pereira, M. J.; et al. "Validation of automated whole-body analysis of metabolic and morphological parameters from an integrated FDG-PET/MRI acquisition". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62353-9.
    10.1038/s41598-020-62353-9
  43. Maria J. Pereira; Ketan Thombare; Assel Sarsenbayeva; Prasad G. Kamble; Kristina Almby; Martin Lundqvist; Jan W. Eriksson. "Direct effects of glucagon on glucose uptake and lipolysis in human adipocytes". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 503 (2020): 110696-110696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2019.110696.
    10.1016/j.mce.2019.110696
  44. Katsogiannos, Petros; Kamble, Prasad G.; Wiklund, Urban; Sundbom, Magnus; Espes, Daniel; Hammar, Ulf; Karlsson, F. Anders; Pereira, Maria J.; Eriksson, Jan W.. "Rapid changes in neuroendocrine regulation may contribute to reversal of type 2 diabetes after gastric bypass surgery". Endocrine 67 2 (2020): 344-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12020-020-02203-w.
    10.1007/s12020-020-02203-w
  45. Klev Diamanti; Marco Cavalli; Gang Pan; Maria J. Pereira; Chanchal Kumar; Stanko Skrtic; Manfred Grabherr; et al. "Intra- and inter-individual metabolic profiling highlights carnitine and lysophosphatidylcholine pathways as key molecular defects in type 2 diabetes". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45906-5.
    10.1038/s41598-019-45906-5
  46. Sarsenbayeva, Assel; Marques-Santos, Cátia M.; Thombare, Ketan; Di Nunzio, Giada; Almby, Kristina E.; Lundqvist, Martin; Eriksson, Jan W.; Pereira, Maria J.. "Effects of second-generation antipsychotics on human subcutaneous adipose tissue metabolism". Psychoneuroendocrinology 110 (2019): 104445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104445.
    10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104445
  47. Klev Diamanti; Marco Cavalli; Gang Pan; Maria J. Pereira; Chanchal Kumar; Stanko Skrtic; Manfred Grabherr; et al. "Author Correction: Intra- and inter-individual metabolic profiling highlights carnitine and lysophosphatidylcholine pathways as key molecular defects in type 2 diabetes". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54423-4.
    10.1038/s41598-019-54423-4
  48. Petros Katsogiannos; Prasad G Kamble; Gretha J Boersma; F Anders Karlsson; Per Lundkvist; Magnus Sundbom; Maria J Pereira; Jan W Eriksson. "Early Changes in Adipose Tissue Morphology, Gene Expression, and Metabolism After RYGB in Patients With Obesity and T2D". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2019): https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2018-02165.
    10.1210/jc.2018-02165
  49. Prasad G. Kamble; Maria J. Pereira; Kristina Almby; Jan W. Eriksson. "Estrogen interacts with glucocorticoids in the regulation of lipocalin 2 expression in human adipose tissue. Reciprocal roles of estrogen receptor a and ß in insulin resistance?". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2019.04.002.
    10.1016/j.mce.2019.04.002
  50. Lundkvist P; Pereira MJ; Kamble PG; Katsogiannos P; Langkilde AM; Esterline R; Johnsson E; Eriksson JW. "Glucagon Levels During Short-Term SGLT2 Inhibition Are Largely Regulated by Glucose Changes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.". The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30137410.
    10.1210/jc.2018-00969
  51. Pereira MJ; Eriksson JW. "Emerging Role of SGLT-2 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Obesity.". Drugs (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30701480.
    10.1007/s40265-019-1057-0
  52. Ana Catarina R. G. Fonseca; Eugénia Carvalho; Jan W. Eriksson; Maria J. Pereira. "Calcineurin is an important factor involved in glucose uptake in human adipocytes". Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 445 1-2 (2018): 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-017-3261-0.
    10.1007/s11010-017-3261-0
  53. Boersma GJ; Johansson E; Pereira MJ; Heurling K; Skrtic S; Lau J; Katsogiannos P; et al. "Altered Glucose Uptake in Muscle, Visceral Adipose Tissue, and Brain Predict Whole-Body Insulin Resistance and may Contribute to the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: A Combined PET/MR Study.". Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30669164.
    10.1055/a-0831-3620
  54. Kamble PG; Pereira MJ; Gustafsson S; Lundkvist P; Castillejo-López C; Fall T; Ingelsson E; Eriksson JW. "Role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma Pro12Ala polymorphism in human adipose tissue: assessment of adipogenesis and adipocyte glucose and lipid turnover.". Adipocyte (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30064293.
    10.1080/21623945.2018.1503030
  55. Sidibeh CO; Pereira MJ; Abalo XM; J Boersma G; Skrtic S; Lundkvist P; Katsogiannos P; et al. "FKBP5 expression in human adipose tissue: potential role in glucose and lipid metabolism, adipogenesis and type 2 diabetes.". Endocrine (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30032404.
    10.1007/s12020-018-1674-5
  56. Pereira MJ; Lundkvist P; Kamble PG; Lau J; Martins JG; Sjöström CD; Schnecke V; et al. "A Randomized Controlled Trial of Dapagliflozin Plus Once-Weekly Exenatide Versus Placebo in Individuals with Obesity and Without Diabetes: Metabolic Effects and Markers Associated with Bodyweight Loss.". Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29949016.
    10.1007/s13300-018-0449-6
  57. Hansson SF; Zhou AX; Vachet P; Eriksson JW; Pereira MJ; Skrtic S; Jongsma Wallin H; et al. "Secretagogin is increased in plasma from type 2 diabetes patients and potentially reflects stress and islet dysfunction.". PloS one (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29702679.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0196601
  58. Kamble PG; Gustafsson S; Pereira MJ; Lundkvist P; Cook N; Lind L; Franks PW; et al. "Genotype-based recall to study metabolic effects of genetic variation: a pilot study of PPARG Pro12Ala carriers.". Upsala journal of medical sciences (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29303622.
    10.1080/03009734.2017.1405127
  59. Lundkvist P; Pereira MJ; Katsogiannos P; Sjöström CD; Johnsson E; Eriksson JW. "Dapagliflozin once daily plus exenatide once weekly in obese adults without diabetes: Sustained reductions in body weight, glycaemia and blood pressure over 1¿year.". Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28345814.
    10.1111/dom.12954
  60. Lundkvist P; Sjöström CD; Amini S; Pereira MJ; Johnsson E; Eriksson JW. "Dapagliflozin once-daily and exenatide once-weekly dual therapy: A 24-week randomized, placebo-controlled, phase II study examining effects on body weight and prediabetes in obese adults without diabetes.". (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27550386.
    10.1111/dom.12779
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    10.1016/j.metabol.2016.09.008
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Other

Other output
  1. Organ-specific metabolic pathways distinguish prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and normal tissues. 2021. Klev Diamanti; Marco Cavalli; Maria J. Pereira; Gang Pan; Casimiro Castillejo-Lopez; Chanchal Kumar; Filip Mundt; et al. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.09.443296.
    10.1101/2021.05.09.443296
  2. Organ-Specific Metabolic Pathways Distinguish Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Normal Tissues. 2021. Diamanti, K.; Cavalli, M.; Pereira, M.J.; Pan, G.; Castillejo-Lopez, C.; Kumar, C.; Mundt, F.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85109904196&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.3850375
  3. Intra- And inter-individual metabolic profiling highlights carnitine and lysophosphatidylcholine pathways as key molecular defects in type-2 diabetes. 2018. Diamanti, K.; Cavalli, M.; Pan, G.; Pereira, M.J.; Kumar, C.; Skrtic, S.; Grabherr, M.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095620981&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/413203
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/01 Glucocorticoid new targets in adipose tissue Sociedade Portuguesa da Bioquímica (SPB) WCB 2024: "Neurological, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases"
2023/06 Subcutaneous adipose tissue dopamine receptor D2 expression is increased in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes European Diabetes Association
(Germany)
2023/06 Cables1 expression is reduced in human subcutaneous adipose tissue in obesity and type 2 diabetes but may not directly impact adipocyte glucose and lipid metabolism European Diabetes Association
2022/06 Interleukin-33 (IL33) inhibits glucose uptake in human adipocytes and its expression in adipose tissue is elevated in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes European Diabetes Association
2022/02/10 Glucocorticoids and adipocyte metabolism: old hormones, new targets 4th Swedish Diabetes Summit
2019 Glucagon Effects In Adipose Tissue EASD-EGIR, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Lisboa, Portugal
2019 Drug-induced diabetes IMV seminar at Uppsala University
2016 Alterations in Adipose Tissue Lipid Storage but Not Lipolysis Contribute to Elevated Levels of Free Fatty acids in Type 2 Diabetes American Diabetes Association
(New Orleans, United States)
2014 How can immunosuppressive treatments cause diabetes? IMV seminar at Uppsala University
2011 Immunosuppressive agents induce alterations in human subcutaneous adipose tissue gene expression and glucose and lipid metabolism EASD 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
2011 Immunosuppressive therapy may promote development of diabetes and dyslipidemia via alterations in adipose tissue metabolism ADA 2011, San Diego, USA
2008 Relationship between serum lipoprotein ratios and Insulin Resistance 3º Workshop of Clinical Biochemistry, 2008, Porto, Portugal

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Brain cross-talk to periphery
Co-supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2023/09 - Current Adipose tissue neuroendocrine pathways in the development and reversal of obesity and type 2 diabetes
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2021/05 - Current Impact of bariatric surgery in neuroendocrine crosstalk controlling glucose homeostasis
Co-supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2020/11 - Current Neuroendocrine regulation of estrogen and insulin action in human adipose tissue: implications for type 2 diabetes development
Co-supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2020 - Current CD20+ T Cells as a biomarker of inflammatory status and a promising target against cardiac rejection in heart transplanted patients
Co-supervisor
2019/05/01 - Current Effects of the antipsychotic drugs on the regulation of human adipose tissue metabolism
Supervisor
 Medical Sciences (PhD)
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2019 - Current Main supervisor (PhD students)
Supervisor
2017/10/01 - Current Systemic and adipose tissue inflammation – impact for metabolic side effects of antipsychotic drugs
Co-supervisor
 Medical Sciences (PhD)
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2014 - Current Co-supervisor PhD students
Supervisor
2014 - Current Tutoring post-doc fellows
Supervisor
2024/01 - 2024/06 Metabolic Impacts of Aromatase and Estrogen Receptors in Male Obesity
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2023/09 - 2024/06 Adipose tissue fibrosis and metabolic dysregulation – role of collagen VI
Supervisor
2021 - 2024 Master Students (Main supervisor 9): Ece Sürücü (2024), Alaa Alhomsi (2023), Isla Koiso-Kanttile (2023), Alicia Otero [Int'l, Barcelona Univ., 2022], Ayesha Azim (2019), Fozia Ahmed [Int'l, UOttawa, 2019], Ema Holbikova (2020), Abdulkhalek Sahhel (2021), Bipasha Nandi Jui (2021)
Supervisor
2023/01 - 2023/06 Role of fibrosis in adipose tissue glucose metabolism – a link with type 2 diabetes?
Supervisor
2022/01 - 2022/06 Perirenal fat depots- Characterisation of adipocyte size, glucose uptake, and gene expression
Supervisor
2021/08 - 2022/01 Characterization of adipocyte size and glucose uptake in adipose tissue with focus on perirenal adipose tissue
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2017/10/01 - 2021/10/30 Adverse drug effects on glucose and lipid metabolism: is human adipose tissue of importance?
Co-supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2021/01 - 2021/06 Effects of LDL-lowering mechanisms on adipocyte function
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2021/01 - 2021/06 Estrogen functions in the adipocytes, a friend or a foe? : A pilot study
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2021/01 - 2021/06 Impact of cell cycle regulators CABLES1 and CDKN2C in adipocyte function
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2019 - 2019 IL-33 Expression in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue is Associated with Insulin Resistance and Inhibits Glucose Uptake in Human Adipocytes
Supervisor
 Biomedicine (Master)
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2019 - 2019 Metabolic effects of BPA/BPS in adipose tissue
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2019 - 2019 CDKN2C expression in adipose tissue
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2016 - 2019 Metabolic and endocrine effects of SGLT2 inhibition
Co-supervisor
 Medical Sciences (PhD)
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2013 - 2018 Novel mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced insulin resistance in human adipose tissue
Co-supervisor
 Medical Sciences (PhD)
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2013 - 2018 Role of nuclear receptors in the regulation of human adipose tissue metabolism
Co-supervisor
 Medical Sciences (PhD)
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2016 - 2017 Effects of calcineurin inhibitors in adipocyte metabolism
Supervisor
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Annual organization of the Research Track Day in Metabolism at the Uppsala University (2019)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/10 - Current EXODIAB (Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden) Steering committee
2023/06 - Current Assessment and Conflict Management Committee Board – PAS GRAS consortium
Member
2019 - Current Research Track Metabolism leader at the Institute Medical Sciences
Coordinator
 Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Diabetes (Master Universitario) Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2019 - Current Introduction to pre-clinical research, 2 weeks course Introduction to pre-clinical research (Doktor (PhD)) Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2019 - Current Introduction to Pre-Clinical Methods (Postgraduate Certificate) Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2019 - 2019 Academic Teaching course

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023 - Current Evaluation committee assignments at disputations: Sara Rheid (2023), João Vieira (2024); licenciate exam: Ben T-P Zeng (2023); half-time seminars: Hanna Liljebäck (2019), Mingyu Yang (2023)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Editorial Board Member in Scientific Reports
Distinctions

Award

2018 Uppsala University Young Research Award
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
2016 Uppsala University Young Research Award
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden