Nutrition and Metabolism
Lipids and atherosclerosis research unit (URLA)
Team members
Team leader
Lluís Masana Marín
- Daiana Ibarretxe Guerediaga
- Núria Plana Gil
- Raimon Ferré Vallès
Postdoctoral Researcher
- Jordi Merino Ribas
- Josefa Girona Tell
- Josep Ribalta Vives
- Montserrat Guardiola Guionnet
- Neus Martínez Micaelo
- Ricardo Rodríguez Calvo
Technician
- Mercedes Heras Ibáñez
- Roser Rosales Ribas
- Silvia Solé Chancho
Resarchers in training
- Cèlia Rodríguez Borjabad
- Iris Oliva Rodríguez
- Marina Rodríguez García
Misions
LINE Family hypercholesterolemia
Clinical study of Family Hypercholesterolemia. Lipoprotein characterization. Early detection in children (DECOPIN). Effects of the intervention on the lifestyle. Biochemical and metabolotic markers.
LINE Carriers of fatty acids, arteriosclerosis, diabetes
FABP's study of cardiovascular risk and insulin resistance.
LINE Diabetic myocardiopathy
Studies on the impact of lipid metabolism in vitro on diabetic cardiopathy. Clinical characterization of the process.
LINE Lipid metabolism and cancer
Study of the metabolic impact of peritumoral fat on neoplasia.
LINE New properties of lipoproteins
Characterization of lipoprotein load as an atherogenic and disperflow factor beyond lipid concentrations.
LINE Genetic and epigenetics of dyslipidemia and vascular risk
Study of the genetic and epigenetic variants in the context of hyperlipemia and arteriosclerosis.
LINE Dyslipidemia, vascular wall and rheumatological diseases
Study of the interaction of dyslipidemia with the elements of the vascular wall. Impact of rheumatological and autoimmune diseases on the inflammatory process of the vascular wall.
