Project Summary
This project aims to determine the physical exercise regimen (voluntary vs. endurance) is more effective in reducing the Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) phenotype in human patients and in a high-fat diet mouse model.
Research will include methodologies associated to patient data analysis, analytical detection of plasma markers in both humans and animal models and mitochondrial analysis in isolated hepatic fractions from the animal models.
Host institution
University of Porto (UPORTO), Portugal
Supervisors
Dr. Fernanda Borges
fborges@fc.up.pt
Dr. José Magalhães
jmaga@fade.up.pt
Secondments
University of Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA), Italy
microBiolytics, Germany
Co-supervisors
Dr. Piero Portincasa
p.portincasa@semeiotica.uniba.it
Dr. Martin Winter
winter@micro-biolytics.com