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Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Pastor C, Rotellar F, Silva C, Rodríguez A, Gil MJ, Cienfuegos JA, Salvador J, Vendrell J, Frühbeck G.
Influence of morbid obesity and insulin resistance on gene expression levels of AQP7 in visceral adipose tissue and AQP9 in liver.
Obesity Surgery 2008; 18(6):695-701.

Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Rotellar F, Silva C, Gil MJ, Rodríguez A, Cienfuegos JA, Salvador J, Frühbeck G.
The obestatin receptor (GPR39) is expressed in human adipose tissue and is down-regulated in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Clinical Endocrinology 2007; 66: 598-601.

Catalán V, Rodríguez A, Becerril S, Sáinz N, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Frühbeck G.
Adipopharmacology of inflammation and insulin resistance.
Biomedical Reviews 2007; 17: 43-51.

Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Rodríguez A, Silva C, Rotellar F, Gil MJ, Cienfuegos JA, Salvador J, Frühbeck G.
Expression of caveolin-1 in human adipose tissue is upregulated in obesity and obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus and related to inflammation
Clinical Endocrinology 2007; [Epub ahead of print]

Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Ramírez B, Rotellar F, Pastor C, Silva C, Rodríguez A, Gil MJ, Cienfuegos JA, Frühbeck G
Proinflammatory cytokines in obesity: impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus and gastric bypass.
Obesity Surgery 2007; 17(11):1464-1474.

Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Rotellar F, Silva C, Rodríguez A, Salvador J, Gil MJ, Cienfuegos JA, Frühbeck G.
Validation of endogenous control genes in human adipose tissue: relevance to obesity and obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Horm Metab Res 2007; 39: 1-6.

Doak CM, Visscher TLS, Renders CM, Seidell JC.The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a review of interventions and programmes. Obesity Reviews 2006;7: 113-138.

Fortuño A, Rodríguez A, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Frühbeck G, Díez J.
Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ: role of leptin and adiponectin in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases.
Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry 2003; 59: 51-60.

Fortuño A, Rodríguez A, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Muñiz P, Salvador J, Díez J, Frühbeck G.
Leptin Inhibits Angiotensin II-Induced Intracellular Calcium Increase and Vasoconstriction in the Rat Aorta
Endocrinology 2002; 143 (9): 3555-3560.

Frühbeck G, Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Rodríguez A.
Aquaporin-7 and glycerol permeability as novel obesity drug-target pathways.
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 2006; 27 (7): 345-347.

Gómez-Ambrosi J, Rodríguez A, Catalán V, Frühbeck G.
The Bone-Adipose Axis in Obesity and Weight Loss.
Obesity Surgery 2008 [Epub ahead of print]

Gómez-Ambrosi J, Rodríguez A, Catalán V, Ramírez B, Silva C, Rotellar F, Gil MJ, Salvador J, Frühbeck G.
Serum retinol-binding protein 4 is not increased in obesity or obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus, but is reduced after relevant reductions in body fat following gastric bypass.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2007 Dec 10; [Epub ahead of print]

Gómez-Ambrosi J, Catalán V, Ramírez B, Rodríguez A, Colina I, Silva C, Rotellar F, Mugueta C, Gil MJ, Cienfuegos JA, Salvador J, Frühbeck G.
Plasma osteopontin levels and expression in adipose tissue are increased in obesity.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007; 92 (9): 3719-3727

Gómez-Ambrosi J., Salvador J., Rotellar F., Silva C., Catalán V., Rodríguez A., Gil M. J., Frühbeck G.
Increased Serum Amyloid A Concentrations in Morbid Obesity Decrease After Gastric Bypass.
Obes Surg 2006; 16;262-269.

J. Gómez-Ambrosi, A. Rodríguez, P. Oroz, S. Becerril, J. Salvador, G. Frühbeck.
Adiponectina: un nuevo factor de riesgo cardiovascular relacionado con la obesidad. Posible papel determinante de la resistencia a la leptina.
An. Sist. Sanit. Navarra 2005, Vol.28, Nº2.

Gómez-Ambrosi J, Becerril S, Oroz P, Zabalza S, Rodríguez A, Muruzabal FJ, Archanco M, Gil MJ, Burrell MA, Frühbeck G.
Reduced adipose tissue mass and hypoleptinemia in iNOS deficient mice: effect of LPS.
FEBS Lett 2004; 577:351-356.

Gómez-Ambrosi J, Pastor C, Salvador J, Silva C, Rotellar F, Gil MJ, Catalán V, Rodríguez A, Cienfuegos J, Frühbeck G.
Influence of waist circumference on the metabolic risk associated with impaired fasting glucose: effect of weight loss after gastric bypass.
Obesity Surgery 2007; 17: 585-591.

Rodríguez A, Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Frühbeck G.
Role of aquaporin-7 in the pathophysiological control of fat accumulation in mice.
FEBS Lett 2006; 580 (20): 4771-4776.

Rodríguez A, Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Frühbeck G.
Visceral and subcutaneous adiposity: are both therapeutic targets for tackling the metabolic syndrome?
Current Pharmaceutical Design 2007; 13 (21): 2169-2175.

Rodríguez A, Fortuño A, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Zalba G, Díez J, Frühbeck G.
The inhibitory effect of leptin on angiotensin II-induced vasoconstriction in vascular smooth muscle cells is mediated via a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism.
Endocrinology 2007; 148 (1): 324-331.

Rodríguez A, Catalán V, Becerril S, Sáinz N, Salvador J, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Frühbeck G.
Aquaporins and their metabolic implications.
Obesity and Metabolism 2007; 3 (2): 58-67.

Rodríguez A, Frühbeck G, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Catalán V, Sáinz N, Díez J, Zalba G, Fortuño A.
The inhibitory effect of leptin on angiotensin II-induced vasoconstriction is blunted in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
J Hypertens 2006; 24 (8): 1589-1597.

Rodríguez A, Becerril S, Zabalza S, Sainz N, Catalán V, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Salvador J, Frühbeck G.
Role of leptin in intracellular signaling cascade activation.
Obesity and Metabolism 2006; 2 (2):104-115.

Rodríguez A, Catalán V, Becerril S, Gil MJ, Mugueta C, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Frühbeck G.
Impaired adiponectin-AMPK signalling in insulin-sensitive tissues of hypertensive rats.
Life Sciences 2008 (in press)

Rodríguez A, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Catalán V, Becerril S, Sáinz N, Ramírez B, Salvador J, Frühbeck G.
Adipokines and the Heart: Biomolecular Aspects and Clinical Implications.
Journal of EndoCardiology 2008; 1(2).

Visscher TLS, Seidell JC. The public health impact of obesity. Annu Rev Public Health. 2001;22:355-75.

Visscher TLS, Seidell JC, Molarius A, Van der Kuip D, Hofman A, Witteman JCM. A comparison of BMI, waist hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: The Rotterdam Study. Int J Obes 2001;25:1730-5.

Visscher TLS, Kromhout D, Seidell JC. Long-term and recent time trends in the prevalence of obesity among Dutch men and women. Int J Obes 2002; 26:1218-24.

Visscher TLS, Seidell JC, Menotti A, Blackburn H, Nissinen A, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Underweight and overweight in relation to mortality among men aged 40-59 and 50-69 years: The Seven Countries Study. Am J Epidemiol 2000;151:660-6.