Eugenio Cersosimo, Associate Professor; M.D., Univ. Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, 1974; Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 1984.
Telephone: (210) 358-7200 E-mail: cersosimo@uthscsa.edu

My research is primarily clinical and focuses on: i) Glucose Homeostasis and Lipid Metabolism, ii) Insulin Resistance and Vascular Dysfunction and iii) Diabetes and Cardio-Renal Complications. The following are the techniques used: Euglycemic, hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamps, transcutaneous skeletal muscle biopsy with frozen samples for micro-array analyses of insulin signaling and related pathways, primary cell cultures of skeletal muscle and vascular smooth muscle cells.  In addition, vascular noninvasive studies and dynamic testing with plethysmography and ultrasonography, continuous glucose monitoring, intensive insulin therapy and radioisotope dilution technique are some of the methods employed in our Clinical Research Center.


 

Miyazaki Y, Cersosimo E, Triplitt C, Defronzo RA.
Rosiglitazone decreases albuminuria in type 2 diabetic patients.
Kidney Int. 2007 Dec;72(11):1367-1373. Epub 2007 Sep 5.
PMID: 17805239

Fernandez M, Triplitt C, Wajcberg E, Sriwijilkamol AA, Musi N, Cusi K, Defronzo R, Cersosimo E.
Addition of Pioglitazone and Ramipril to Intensive Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Improves Vascular Dysfunction by Different Mechanisms.
Diabetes Care. 2007 Oct 1; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17909084

Berria R, Glass L, Mahankali A, Miyazaki Y, Monroy A, De Filippis E, Cusi K, Cersosimo E, Defronzo RA, Gastaldelli A.
Reduction in hematocrit and hemoglobin following pioglitazone treatment is not hemodilutional in Type II diabetes mellitus.
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Sep;82(3):275-81. Epub 2007 Mar 14.
PMID: 17361126

Gastaldelli A, Cusi K, Pettiti M, Hardies J, Miyazaki Y, Berria R, Buzzigoli E, Sironi AM, Cersosimo E, Ferrannini E, Defronzo RA.
Relationship between hepatic/visceral fat and hepatic insulin resistance in nondiabetic and type 2 diabetic subjects.
Gastroenterology. 2007 Aug;133(2):496-506. Epub 2007 May 1.
PMID: 17681171

Cusi K, Kashyap S, Gastaldelli A, Bajaj M, Cersosimo E.
Effects on insulin secretion and insulin action of a 48-h reduction of plasma free fatty acids with acipimox in nondiabetic subjects genetically predisposed to type 2 diabetes.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jun;292(6):E1775-81. Epub 2007 Feb 13.
PMID: 17299078

Wajcberg E, Sriwijitkamol A, Musi N, DeFronzo RA, Cersosimo E.
Relationship between vascular reactivity and lipids in Mexican-Americans with type 2 diabetes treated with pioglitazone.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Apr;92(4):1256-62. Epub 2007 Jan 23.
PMID: 17244785

Sriwijitkamol A, Coletta DK, Wajcberg E, Balbontin GB, Reyna SM, Barrientes J, Eagan PA, Jenkinson CP, Cersosimo E, DeFronzo RA, Sakamoto K, Musi N.
Effect of acute exercise on AMPK signaling in skeletal muscle of subjects with type 2 diabetes: a time-course and dose-response study.
Diabetes. 2007 Mar;56(3):836-48.
PMID: 17327455

Wajcberg E, Thoppil N, Patel S, Fernandez M, Hale D, DeFronzo R, Cersosimo E.
Comprehensive assessment of postischemic vascular reactivity in Hispanic children and adults with and without diabetes mellitus.
Pediatr Diabetes. 2006 Dec;7(6):329-35.
PMID: 17212600

Triplitt C, Glass L, Miyazaki Y, Wajcberg E, Gastaldelli A, De Filippis E, Cersosimo E, DeFronzo RA.
Comparison of glargine insulin versus rosiglitazone addition in poorly controlled type 2 diabetic patients on metformin plus sulfonylurea.
Diabetes Care. 2006 Nov;29(11):2371-7.
PMID: 17065670

Cersosimo E, DeFronzo RA.
Insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction: the road map to cardiovascular diseases.
Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2006 Nov-Dec;22(6):423-36. Review.
PMID: 16506274

Wajcberg E, Miyazaki Y, Triplitt C, Cersosimo E, DeFronzo RA.
Dose-response effect of a single administration of oral hexyl-insulin monoconjugate 2 in healthy nondiabetic subjects.
Diabetes Care. 2004 Dec;27(12):2868-73.
PMID: 15562199

Bajaj M, Suraamornkul S, Piper P, Hardies LJ, Glass L, Cersosimo E, Pratipanawatr T, Miyazaki Y, DeFronzo RA.
Decreased plasma adiponectin concentrations are closely related to hepatic fat content and hepatic insulin resistance in pioglitazone-treated type 2 diabetic patients.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Jan;89(1):200-6.
PMID: 14715850

Bajaj M, Suraamornkul S, Pratipanawatr T, Hardies LJ, Pratipanawatr W, Glass L, Cersosimo E, Miyazaki Y, DeFronzo RA.
Pioglitazone reduces hepatic fat content and augments splanchnic glucose uptake in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes. 2003 Jun;52(6):1364-70.
PMID: 12765945

Cersosimo E.
To pump or not to pump?
Diabetes Care. 2003 Mar;26(3):967;author reply 967-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 12610089

Cersosimo E, Garlick P, Ferretti J.
Abnormal glucose handling by the kidney in response to hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes. 2001 Sep;50(9):2087-93.
PMID: 11522675

Cersosimo E, Garlick P, Ferretti J.
Renal substrate metabolism and gluconeogenesis during hypoglycemia in humans.
Diabetes. 2000 Jul;49(7):1186-93.
PMID: 10909977

Cersosimo E, Garlick P, Ferretti J.
Regulation of splanchnic and renal substrate supply by insulin in humans.
Metabolism. 2000 May;49(5):676-83.
PMID: 10831183

Zaitseva I, Ajmal M, Cersosimo E.
Application of high-performance liquid chromatography of plasma fatty acids as their phenacyl esters to evaluate splanchnic and renal fatty acid balance in vivo.
J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl. 1999 Apr 30;727(1-2):15-22.
PMID: 10360418

Cersosimo E, Garlick P, Ferretti J.
Renal glucose production during insulin-induced hypoglycemia in humans.
Diabetes. 1999 Feb;48(2):261-6.
PMID: 10334299

Cersosimo E, Garlick P, Ferretti J.
Insulin regulation of renal glucose metabolism in humans.
Am J Physiol. 1999 Jan;276(1 Pt 1):E78-84.
PMID: 9886953

Cersosimo E, Zaitseva IN, Ajmal M.
Effects of beta-adrenergic blockade on hepatic and renal glucose production during hypoglycemia in conscious dogs.
Am J Physiol. 1998 Nov;275(5 Pt 1):E792-7.
PMID: 9814998

Cersosimo E, Molina PE, Abumrad NN.
Renal lactate metabolism and gluconeogenesis during insulin-induced hypoglycemia.
Diabetes. 1998 Jul;47(7):1101-6.
PMID: 9648834

Garlick PJ, Cersosimo E.
Techniques for assessing protein and glucose kinetics.
Baillieres Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997 Dec;11(4):629-44. Review.
PMID: 9589774

Cersosimo E, Ajmal M, Naukam RJ, Molina PE, Abumrad NN.
Role of the kidney in plasma glucose regulation during hyperglycemia.
Am J Physiol. 1997 May;272(5 Pt 1):E756-61.
PMID: 9176172

Cersosimo E, Molina PE, Abumrad NN.
Renal glucose production during insulin-induced hypoglycemia.
Diabetes. 1997 Apr;46(4):643-6. Erratum in: Diabetes 1997 Sep;46(9):1532.
PMID: 9075805