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Emilio Herrera

Current position:
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Experimental and Health Sciences, University San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain.

Academic and research activities:
- Master in Pharmacy, 1962.
- Doctor (PhD) by Complutense University in Madrid, 1965.
- Postdoctorate in USA (1965-68): Harvard University Medical School, Boston, and Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago.
- Investigator of the Spanish Research Council, 1968-1969.
- Assistant Professor of Animal Physiology, School of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid (1969-71).
- Professor of General Physiology, School of Biology, Barcelona University (1972-78).
- Head of the Biochemical Service, Department of Research, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid (1978-1994).
- Chairman of the Department of Research, and General Research Coordinator of Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid (1982-1994).
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Alcalá de Henares University (1982-93), and University of San Pablo-CEU, from 1994.
- Dean, Faculty of Experimental and Health Sciences, University of San Pablo-CEU, 1994-1998.

Prizes and research distinctions:
- Award of the Spanish Red Cross for Diabetological Research, 1971.
- Research Award Leandre Cervere, 1975.
- National LEO prize for Diabetological Research, 1976.
- National LEO prize for Diabetological Research, 1978.
- First Novo-Nordisk prize for Basic Research in Diabetes, Spanish Diabetes Society, 1990.
- Institute Danone prize on the Scientific Trajectory, 1996.
- Doctor Honoris Causa en Medicina from Lund University, Sweden, 1995.
- Research award of Fundación San Pablo-CEU, 1999

PhD theses supervised: 43

Publications:
- In scientific journals and book chapters: 345
- Editor of 6 books
- Presentations to Scientific Congresses (Abstracts): 578

Other appointments and distinctions:
- Coordinator of the Perinatal Biochemistry Group, Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1978.
- President of the “National Clinical Biochemistry Council” (from1993), Ministries of Health and of Education and Culture of Spain.
- President of the “Spanish Pharmaceutical Specialties Council (from 1996), Ministries of Health and of Education and Culture of Spain.
- Chairman of the European Diabetes Pregnancy Study Group of the European Diabetes Association, 1997-1998.

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Scientific publications

  1. Herrera, E., F. Escobar del Rey, and G. Morreale de Escobar. Effect of propylthyuracil on the in vivo deiodination of thyroxyne labeled with I131 in different positions. Endocrinology 73: 744-747, 1963.
  2. Herrera, E. Interferencias en el catabolismo de las hormonas tiroideas y sus consecuencias metabólicas. Madrid, PhD Thesis, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 1965.
  3. Herrera, E., F. Escobar del Rey, and G. Morreale de Escobar. Mechanism of goitrogenesis by very low propylthiouracil doses and the role of iodine intake. In: Intern.Thyroid Conference, ed. Current topics in thyroid research. New York, Academic Press. 1965, 259-270.
  4. Herrera, E. and N. Freinkel. Internal standards in the estimation of acetyl-CoA in liver extracts. J.Lipid Res. 8: 515-518, 1967.
  5. Herrera, E., G. Morreale de Escobar, and F. Escobar del Rey. Different effect of methylmercaptoimidazole and propylthiouracil on thyroidal I131 release in rats on Cl0-4. Endocrinology 83: 671-677, 1968.
  6. Herrera, E. and N. Freinkel. Interrelationships between liver composition, plasma glucose and ketones and hepatic acetyl-CoA and citric acid during prolonged starvation in the male rat. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 170: 244-253, 1968.
  7. Herrera, E., F. Escobar del Rey, and G. Morreale de Escobar. Mechanism of goitrogenesis by very low doses of propylthiouracil and the role of iodine intake. Acta Endocrinol.(Copenh.) 59: 529-544, 1968.
  8. Herrera, E., R. H. Knopp, and N. Freinkel. Urinary excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine during fasting in late pregnancy in the rat. Endocrinology 84: 447-450, 1969.
  9. Herrera, E., R. H. Knopp, and N. Freinkel. Carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancy VI. Plasma fuels, insulin, liver composition, gluconeogenesis and nitrogen metabolism during gestation in the fed and fasted rat. J.Clin.Invest. 48: 2260-2272, 1969.
  10. Castro, M., L. Lamas, and E. Herrera. Efecto de deficiencia de hormonas tiroideas sobre el metabolismo intermediario en la rata. Bol.Soc.Cien.Fisiol. 12: 311-313, 1970.
  11. Freinkel, N., E. Herrera, R. H. Knopp, and H. J. Ruder. Metabolic realignments in late pregnancy: a clue to diabetogenesis. In Camarini Davalos, R. and H. S. Cole, eds. Early diabetes. New York, Academic Press. 1970, 205-215.
  12. Freinkel, N., B. Metzger, E. Herrera, F. Agnoli, and R. H. Knopp. The effects of pregnancy on metabolic fuels. Excepta Med.Int.Cong.Sec. 231: 656-666, 1970.
  13. Herrera, E., R. H. Knopp, and N. Freinkel. Estudio metabólico del tejido adiposo en la rata preñada. Bol.Soc.Cien.Fisiol. 12: 361-363, 1970.
  14. Herrera, E. and L. Lamas. Utilization of glycerol by rat adipose tissue in vitro. Biochem.J. 120: 433-434, 1970.
  15. Herrera, E. Metabolismo intermediario en obesidad y diabetes experimental. Jorn.Diabetol. 3: 98-104, 1970.
  16. Knopp, R. H., E. Herrera, and N. Freinkel. Carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancy.VIII. Metabolism of adipose tissue isolated from fed and fasted pregnant rats during late gestation. J.Clin.Invest. 49: 1438-1446, 1970.
  17. Knopp, R. H., H. J. Ruder, E. Herrera, and N. Freinkel. Carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancy VII. Insulin tolerance during late pregnancy in the fed and fasted rat. Acta Endocrinol.(Copenh) 65: 352-360, 1970.
  18. Schiaffini, O., E. Herrera, and A. Gallego. Producción in vitro de C1402 a partir de D-glucosa-1-C14 y D-glucosa-6-C14 por distintas áreas del hipotálamo, sistemas límbico e hipófisis de rata hembra en diferentes etapas del ciclo sexual. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 26: 27-30, 1970.
  19. Blázquez, E., M. Castro, and E. Herrera. Effect of a high-fat diet on pancreatic insulin release, glucose tolerance and hepatic gluconeogenesis in male rats. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 27: 297-304, 1971.
  20. Blázquez, E., M. Castro, and E. Herrera. Factores diabetogénicos de la dieta rica en grasa. Diabetol.Clin.Endocr.Nutr. 6: 41-52, 1971.
  21. Aranda, A., E. Blázquez, and E. Herrera. Effects of hypo and hyperthyroidism on liver composition, blood glucose, ketone bodies and insulin in the male rat. Biochem.J. 128: 597-604, 1972.
  22. Castro, M., L. Lamas, and E. Herrera. Thyroid funtion, plasma insulin, glucose and ketones and in vitro hepatic gluconeogenesis in rats under chronic low iodine intake. Acta Endocrinol.(Copenh.) 69: 1-12, 1972.
  23. Herrera, E. and A. Ayanz. Calculation of lipolysis and esterification from glycerol metabolism in rat adipose tissue. J.Lipid Res. 13: 802-809, 1972.
  24. Herrera, E. and R. H. Knopp. Pentose monophosphate shunt dehydrogenases and fatty acid synthesis in late rat pregnancy. Experientia 28: 646-647, 1972.
  25. Aranda, A., E. Blázquez, and E. Herrera. Liver components, blood glucose and ketone bodies in fed and starved suckling rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 5: 350-355, 1973.
  26. Castro, M. and E. Herrera. Effect of thyroidectomy on circulating components and liver metabolism in fed and fasted rats. Horm.Res. 4: 357-366, 1973.
  27. Herrera, E. and A. Pascual. Effect of an amphetamine derivative on rat adipose tissue lipolysis and glycerol utilization in vitro. Biochem.Pharmacol. 22: 3131-3133, 1973.
  28. Herrera, E. Effect of albumin on glycerol metabolism in rat adipose tissue. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 29: 155-162, 1973.
  29. Alemany, M. and E. Herrera. Effects of suckling and food deprivation on the activity of citrate enzymes in the liver of the rat. Horm.Metabol.Res. 6: 264-267, 1974.
  30. Aranda, A. and E. Herrera. The effect of food deprivation on in vivo gluconeogenesis in the suckling rat. Horm.Metabol.Res. 6: 381-385, 1974.
  31. Aranda, A. and E. Herrera. Liver lipogenesis in vivo in fed and food deprived suckling rats. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 30: 31-36, 1974.
  32. Castro, M., M. D. García, and E. Herrera. Effect of thyroidectomy on the in vitro utilization of glucose by hypophysis and hypothalamus in the rat. Steroids Lipids Res. 5: 276-281, 1974.
  33. Herrera, E. and E. Montoya. Ayuno y diabetes en el estudio de las interrelaciones hidratos de carbono y grasas. In Fac.Biologia, ed. Miscellanea Alcobé. Barcelona, Universidad de Barcelona. 1974, 141-152.
  34. Herrera, E. Estudio del metabolismo intermediario en la diabetes experimental. Jorn.Diabetol. 5: 19-37, 1974.
  35. Herrera, E. Relaciones metabólicas feto-madre. In Universidad de Sevilla, ed. Obesidad-diabetes. Sevilla, Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla. 1974, 165-173.
  36. Montoya, E. and E. Herrera. Effects of streptozotocin on liver composition and blood glucose, ketone bodies and insulin in the fed and fast male rat. Horm.Res. 5: 29-38, 1974.
  37. Montoya, E. and E. Herrera. Urinary excretion of nitrogenous compounds and ketones in streptozotocin treated rats. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 30: 151-154, 1974.
  38. Montoya, E. and E. Herrera. Effect of thyroid status on glycerol metabolism in adipose tissue of fasted male rats. Horm.Res. 5: 129-140, 1974.
  39. Alemany, M. and E. Herrera. Lactate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase levels in the liver of fed and 24 h fasted suckling rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 7: 523-524, 1975.
  40. Domínguez, M. C. and E. Herrera. Effect of epinephrine on the synthesis of glyceride glycerol and adipose tissue in vitro. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 31: 293-298, 1975.
  41. Herrera, E. Effects of epinephrine and glucose on the in vitro response of adipose tissue to sulfonylureas. Acta Diabetol.Lat. 12: 106-113, 1975.
  42. Herrera, E. Bioquímica general de glicéridos neutros, ácidos grasos, fosfolípidos y cuerpos cetónicos. In: Yañez, M. A. and F. C. Soriguer, eds. Dislipidemias, lipidosis, lipodistrofias y obesidad. Sevilla, Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla. 1975, 29-89.
  43. Herrera, E. and N. Freinkel. Metabolites in the liver, brain and placenta of fed or fasted mothers and fetal rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 7: 247-249, 1975.
  44. Herrera, E. Effects of sulfonylureas (Tolbutamide, Glipentide and Glibenclanide) on in vitro glycerol metabolism in adipose tissue from rats. Life Sciences 16: 645-650, 1975.
  45. Herrera, E., R. Sandler, and N. Freinkel. Comparative changes in liver composition, acetyl-CoA, and citric acid during fasting in genetically obese hyperglycemic mice (ob/ob) and lean littermates. Horm.Metabol.Res. 7: 70-74, 1975.
  46. Arola, L., A. Palou, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Determination of plasma amino acids in small samples with the use of Dansyl-chloride. Biochimie 58: 1221-1226, 1976.
  47. Domínguez, M. C. and E. Herrera. Effects of 2-deoxy-D-glucose, oligomycin and theophylline on in vitro glycerol metabolism in rat adipose tissue: response to insulin and epinephrine. Horm.Metabol.Res. 8: 33-37, 1976.
  48. Domínguez, M. C. and E. Herrera. Effects of glycerol and glucose on the kinetics of glycerol utilization by adipose tissue in the rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 32: 293-300, 1976.
  49. Domínguez, M. C. and E. Herrera. The effect of glucose, insulin and adrenaline on glycerol metabolism "in vitro" in rat adipose tissue. Biochem.J. 158: 183-190, 1976.
  50. Herrera, E., M. Castro, and M. C. García. Mecanismos de bociogénesis experimental. Anal.Univ.Hispalense 28: 131-144, 1976.
  51. Herrera, E. Efectos de las sulfonilureas sobre el metabolismo del glicerol en tejido adiposo "in vitro". In García Valdecasas, F. and E. Rodríguez Farré, eds. Avances en Farmacología. Barcelona, Ed. Acacia. 1976, 421-424.
  52. Herrera, E. Aspectos moleculares de la transcripción genética en la síntesis de proteínas. Oncología 80: 193-198, 1976.
  53. Arola, L., E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. A new method for deproteinization of small samples of blood plasma for amino acid determination. Anal.Biochem. 82: 236-239, 1977.
  54. Arola, Ll., A. Palou, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Nivells d'aminoacids plasmatics en rates gestants i en llurs fetus. Butl.Soc.Catal.Ped. 37: 193-203, 1977.
  55. García-Rafanell, J., M. A. Lasunción, J. Morell, and E. Herrera. Comparative hypoglycemic and hypoketonemic effects of tolbutamide and glypentide in the rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 33: 103-108, 1977.
  56. Herrera, E. Interrelaciones hidratos de carbono y grasas en diabetes experimental y efecto de agentes hipoglucemiantes. Annals de Medic. LXIII: 1474-1486, 1977.
  57. Herrera, E. and M. C. Domínguez. Modulación del metabolismo del glicerol en tejido adiposo. In Cornudella, L., J. Oró, A. Sols, and C. Fernández de Heredia, eds. Avances de la Bioquímica. Barcelona, Ed. Salvat. 1977, 237-244.
  58. Herrera, E. Metabolismo de los glicéridos en el tejido adiposo. Investigación y Ciencia 4: 28-37, 1977.
  59. Martínez, J. M., M. Llobera, M. Cornella, and E. Herrera. Effects of hypo and hyperthyroidism on the response to glucose loading of blood glucose ketones and insulin and liver glycogen as studied in the fasted rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 33: 323-330, 1977.
  60. Alemany, M., A. Palou, J. Codina, and E. Herrera. Changes in plasma amino acids levels and in vivo gluconeogenesis from alanine in rats chronically treated with sulfonylureas. Diabete Metab. 4: 181-186, 1978.
  61. Arola, Ll., A. Palou, X. Remesar, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Different expressions for enzyme activities in organs of rat. Application to aspartate transaminasa, glutamate dehydrogenase and AMP-deaminase. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 34: 345-350, 1978.
  62. Bellido, J. and E. Herrera. Utilization of pyruvate, alanine and glutamate by isolated fat cells and their effects on glycerol metabolism. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 34: 429-436, 1978.
  63. Bellido, J. and E. Herrera. Effects of glucose on the metabolization of fructose and glycerol by isolated adipocytes from rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 34: 437-442, 1978.
  64. Chaves, J. M. and E. Herrera. In vitro glycerol metabolism in adipose tissue from fasted pregnant rats. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 85: 1299-1306, 1978.
  65. Codina, J., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Effects of chronic and acute treatment with sulfonylureas on plasma insulin and glucose levels in the rat. Diabete Metab. 4: 47-52, 1978.
  66. Herrera, E., J. M. Chaves, and A. Montes. Metabolismo lipídico en el embarazo. C.N.Diab. 4: 55-61, 1978.
  67. Herrera, E. Interacciones metabólicas en el embarazo. C.N.S.Cien.Fisiol. 17: 1-15, 1978.
  68. Herrera, E. Metabolismo intermediario durante el embarazo. Investigación y Ciencia 19: 14-24, 1978.
  69. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Thyroid function in diabetic rats by the administration of streptozotocin. Endocrinología 25: 13-18, 1978.
  70. Llobera, M., M. J. Seibel, and E. Herrera. Metabolic response to short periods of starvation in hypo and hyperthyroid rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 10: 319-324, 1978.
  71. Palou, A., M. Alemany, and E. Herrera. Effect of sulfonylurea treatment and fasting on the levels of plasma aminoacids in the rat. Horm.Metabol.Res. 10: 482-489, 1978.
  72. Remesar, X., E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Glycogen phosphorylase activities in sulfonylureas treated rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 10: 355-356, 1978.
  73. Seibel, M. J., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Effects of glucose, insulin and adrenalin on glycerol metabolism in adipose tissue from hypothyroid rats. Mol.Cell.Endocrinol. 10: 307-318, 1978.
  74. Arola, L., E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. A method for the estimation of striated muscle mass in small laboratory animals. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 35: 215-218, 1979.
  75. Carmaniu, S. and E. Herrera. Conversion of (U-14C)-glycerol, (2-3H)-glyecrol and (1-14C)-palmitate into circulating lipoproteins in the rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 35: 461-466, 1979.
  76. Carmaniu, S. and E. Herrera. Effect of evisceration on the disposal of (14C)-palmitate in the rat. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 87: 955-961, 1979.
  77. Codina, J. and E. Herrera. Effect of fasting on urinary excretion of water and nitrogen in the rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 35: 457-460, 1979.
  78. Cornellá, M., J. Codina, and E. Herrera. Effect of fasting on circulating glucose, ketone bodies and insulin levels in the suckling rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 35: 347-352, 1979.
  79. Llobera, M., A. Montes, and E. Herrera. Lipoprotein lipase activity in liver of the rat fetus. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 91: 272-277, 1979.
  80. Llobera, M., A. Muniesa, and E. Herrera. Effects of hypo- and hyper-thyroidism on in vivo lipogenesis in fed and fasted rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 11: 628-634, 1979.
  81. Muniesa, A., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Adipose tissue cellularity in hypo- and hyperthyroid rats. Horm.Res. 11: 254-261, 1979.
  82. Salas, P., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Growth and pituitary content of growth hormone and prolactin in hypo and hyperthyroid rats. Endocrinología 26: 152-158, 1979.
  83. Argilés, J. M. and E. Herrera. Effecte de l'insulina sobre l'utilizació de lipoproteines de molt baixa densitat (VLDL) per teixits extra-hepatics a la rata in vivo. Annals de Medic. LXVI: 1007-1013, 1980.
  84. Arola, Ll., A. Palou, X. Remesar, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Effect of stress and sampling site on metabolite concentration in rat plasma. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 88: 99-105, 1980.
  85. Carmaniu, S. and E. Herrera. Extra-hepatic utilization of 14C-glucose and 14C-glycerol in the eviscerated rat. Diabete Metab. 6: 239-244, 1980.
  86. Carmaniu, S. and E. Herrera. Comparative utilization in vivo of (U-14C) glycerol, (2-3H) glycerol, (U-14C) glucose and (1-14C) palmitate in the rat. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 88: 255-263, 1980.
  87. Carrillo, M., S. Zanuy, and E. Herrera. Daily rhythms of amino acid levels in the plasma of golfish (Carassius Auratus). Comp.Biochem.Physiol. 67: 581-586, 1980.
  88. Chaves, J. M. and E. Herrera. In vivo glycerol metabolism in the pregnant rat. Biol.Neonate 37: 172-179, 1980.
  89. Chaves, J. M. and E. Herrera. In vitro response of glycerol metabolism to insulin and adrenalin in adipose tissue from fed and fasted rats during pregnancy. Biol.Neonate 38: 139-145, 1980.
  90. Codina, J., M. Vall, and E. Herrera. Changes in plasma glucose, insulin and glucagon levels, glucose tolerance tests and insulin sensitivity with age in the rat. Diabete Metab. 6: 135-139, 1980.
  91. Herrera, E., B. Bonet, and R. Iglesias. Metabolic response to starvation in the hypothyroid pregnant rat. Biochem.Soc.Transact. 8: 538-539, 1980.
  92. Herrera, E. Situación actual del conocimiento sobre el mecanismo de acción de la insulina. Annals de Medic. LXVI: 993-1001, 1980.
  93. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Effect of heparin on the utilization in vitro of labelled glycerides from triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in rat adipose tissues. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 88: 385-391, 1980.
  94. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Incubation of labelled triglyceride-rich lipoproteins with rat adipose tissue in the presence of heparin. Biochem.Soc.Transact. 8: 539-540, 1980.
  95. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Effect of rat serum on glycerol metabolism in adipose tissue in vitro. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 88: 437-441, 1980.
  96. Llobera, M. and E. Herrera. Effects of starvation on in vivo gluconeogenesis in hypo and hyperthyroid rats. Endocrinology 106: 1628-1633, 1980.
  97. Mampel, T. and E. Herrera. Efectes comparatius de la insulina sobre el metabolisme de la glucosa i el glicerol en teixits extrahepatics. Annals de Medic. 66: 1148-1153, 1980.
  98. Mena, M. A. and E. Herrera. Monoamine metabolism in rat brain regions following long term alcohol tratment. J.Neural.Transm. 47: 227-236, 1980.
  99. Soley, M., M. Llobera, R. Chieri, and E. Herrera. Efecte de la insulina sobre el metabolisme hidrocarbonat al fetge. Annals de Medic. LXVI: 1014-1021, 1980.
  100. Testar, X., M. A. Lasunción, R. Chieri, and E. Herrera. Aproximació a l'estudi del transport placentari de glucosa: efecte de la insulina. Annals de Medic. LXVI: 1022-1030, 1980.
  101. Argilés, J. and E. Herrera. Lipids and lipoproteins in maternal and fetus plasma in the rat. Biol.Neonate. 39: 37-44, 1981.
  102. Argilés, J. and E. Herrera. Changes in lipid composition of plasma lipoproteina after total hepatectomy in the rat. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 89: 461-465, 1981.
  103. Arola, Ll., A. Palou, X. Remesar, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Effect of ether, sodium pentobarbital and chloral hydrate anesthesia on rat plasma metabolite concentrations. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 37: 379-386, 1981.
  104. Carmaniu, S. and E. Herrera. Efecte de la insulina en el metabolisme del glicerol in vivo en la rata. Bul.Soc.Catal.Biol. 5-6: 145-151, 1981.
  105. Chaves, J. M. and E. Herrera. Efecto de la insulina y el ayuno sobre el metabolismo in vitro del glicerol por el tejido adiposo de la rata preñada. Bul.Soc.Catal.Biol. 5-6: 137-144, 1981.
  106. Codina, J. and E. Herrera. Variacions de les relacions glucosa/insulina pel tractament amb sulfonilurees en la rata. Bul.Soc.Catal.Biol. 5-6: 163-169, 1981.
  107. Fando, J. J. L., F. Domínguez, and E. Herrera. Tryptophan overload in the pregnant rat: effect on brain amino acid levels and in vitro protein synthesis. J.Neurochem. 37: 324-329, 1981.
  108. Herrera, E. and M. A. Lasunción. Adaptación metabólica en el embarazo. In Hernández, M., ed. Nutrición, crecimiento y desarrollo. Bilbao, Fund. Orbegozo. 1981, 122-131.
  109. Herrera, E. Regulación del metabolismo del tejido adiposo. Annals de Medic. LXVII: 415-427, 1981.
  110. Herrera, E. and M. Llobera. Ethanol toxicity: lipid and carbohydrate metabolism; ethanol in pregnancy and the fetal alcohol syndrome. In Brown, S. S. and D. S. Davies, eds. Organ-directed toxicity chemical indixes and mechanisms. Oxford, Pergamon Press. 1981, 11-23.
  111. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Effect of pregnancy on the uptake of lipoprotein triglyceride fatty acids by isolated adipocytes in the rat. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 98: 227-233, 1981.
  112. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. "In vitro" utilization of labelled esterified fatty acids and glyceride glycerol from triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in rat adipose tissue. Horm.Metabol.Res. 13: 335-339, 1981.
  113. Lasunción, M. A., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Morphological and compositional changes of rat plasma triglyceride-rich lipoproteins incubated with adipose tissue. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 89: 57-62, 1981.
  114. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Alteraciones de la actividad tiroidea en la diabetes experimental. Bul.Soc.Catal.Biol. 5-6: 87-94, 1981.
  115. Llobera, M. and E. Herrera. Metabolisme intermediari en l'hipo i hipertiroidisme experimental: effectes de temps curts de dejuni. Bul.Soc.Catal.Biol. 5-6: 95-113, 1981.
  116. Mampel, T., R. Camprodon, J. Solsona, V. Junca, and E. Herrera. Changes in circulating glycerol, free fatty acids and glucose levels following liver transplant in the pig. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 89: 195-199, 1981.
  117. Martín del Río, R., R. Camprodón, J. M. Fabregat, J. M. Ramón, and E. Herrera. Plasma levels of amino acids in human, pigs and rats and their changes during liver transplantation in the pig. Comp.Biochem.Physiol.[A] 70: 309-313, 1981.
  118. Palou, A., X. Remesar, Ll. Arola, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Metabolic effects of short term food deprivation in the rat. Horm.Metabol.Res. 13: 326-330, 1981.
  119. Palou, A., M. Alemany, and E. Herrera. Estudi comparatiu de l'aminograma plasmatic en rates tractades a temps curts i prolongats AMB sulfonilurees. Bul.Soc.Catal.Biol. 5-6: 171-181, 1981.
  120. Remesar, X., Ll. Arola, A. Palou, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Valor del l'aminograma plasmatic en rates hipotiroidees i hipertiroidees. Bul.Soc.Catal.Biol. 5-6: 115-124, 1981.
  121. Remesar, X., L. Arola, A. Palou, E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Plasma amino acids in hypothyroid and hyperthyroid rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 13: 38-41, 1981.
  122. Carrillo, M., S. Zanuy, and E. Herrera. Growth and diurnal variations in metabolic parameters in the starved bass, Dicentrarchus Labrax, after experimental feeding. Comp.Biochem.Physiol.[A] 72: 11-16, 1982.
  123. Codina, J., B. Vall, and E. Herrera. Comparative changes with age of the fasting response in circulatin ketones bodies, glucose and insulin and oral glucose tolerance test in the rat. Comp.Biochem.Physiol.[A] 71: 231-236, 1982.
  124. Codina, J. and E. Herrera. Effect of fasting on the circulating glucose and insulin levels after glucose, arginine, pyruvate and palmitate administration in the rat. Molecular Physiol. 3: 193-201, 1982.
  125. Herrera, E. and A. Zorzano. Effects of nembutal and ether anaesthesia on gluconeogenesis "in vivo" in the rat. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 10: 394-395, 1982.
  126. Herrera, E. Alteracions metaboliques en l'hipotiroidisme. Traballs Soc.Cat.Biol. 34: 3-16, 1982.
  127. Jolín, T. and E. Herrera. Effects of strectozotocin-diabetes and L-thyroxine treatment on plasma amino acid levels in thyroidectomized rats. Horm.Metabol.Res. 14: 398-404, 1982.
  128. Mena, M. A., M. Salinas, R. Martín del Río, and E. Herrera. Effects of maternal ethanol ingestion on cerebral neurotransmitters and cyclic -AMP in the rat offspring. Gen.Pharmacol. 13: 241-248, 1982.
  129. Palacín, M. and E. Herrera. Biological potencies of different insulins in isolated adipocytes. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 10: 395, 1982.
  130. Salinas, M., A. Galán, and E. Herrera. Fetal and early postnatal development of adenylate cyclase and cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activities in rat brain. Biol.Neonate 41: 94-100, 1982.
  131. Soley, M., E. Herrera, and M. Alemany. Effect of a 24 h fast on the amino acid concentrations of rat blood, liver and striated muscle. Molecular Physiol. 2: 89-98, 1982.
  132. Argiles, J. and E. Herrera. Effects of insulin on the disposal of 14C-labelled very low density lipoprotein triglycerides in intact and hepatectomized rats. Diabetologia 24: 300-303, 1983.
  133. Fragoso, J., M. Palacín, A. Zorzano, B. Bonet, M. A. Lasunción, M. Durfort, M. Díaz, and E. Herrera. Tratamiento crónico con anilidas en un estudio experimental sobre la etiología del síndrome tóxico. In C.S.I.C., ed. Programa del CSIC para el estudio del síndrome tóxico. Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. 1983, 117-136.
  134. Herrera, E., A. Zorzano, and V. Fresneda. Comparative kinetics of human and rat liver alcohol dehydrogenase. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 11: 729-730, 1983.
  135. Herrera, E. and A. Zorzano. Efecto del alcohol en la gestación: síndrome del alcoholismo fetal. Rev.Esp.Pediat. 39: 301-310, 1983.
  136. Jolin, T., C. Gonzalez, and E. Herrera. Effects of streptozotocin-diabetes and L-thyroxine treatment on TSH and GH, and circulating glucose and glycerol in thyroidectomized rats. Comp.Biochem.Physiol. 76: 265-269, 1983.
  137. Lasunción, M. A., M. Palacín, and E. Herrera. Method for the infusion of periuterine adipose tissue in situ in the rat. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 11: 732-734, 1983.
  138. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Changes with starvation in the rat of the lipoprotein lipase activity and hydrolysis of triacylglycerols from triacylglycerol- rich lipoproteins in adipose tissue preparations. Biochem.J. 210: 639-643, 1983.
  139. Lasunción, M. A., X. Testar, M. Palacín, R. Chieri, and E. Herrera. Method for the study of metabolite transfer from rat mother to fetus. Biol.Neonate. 44: 85-92, 1983.
  140. Lasunción, M. A., C. Gonzalez, T. Jolin, and E. Herrera. Effects of streptozotocin diabetes and insulin treatment on adipose tissue glucose utilization in the rat. Arch.Int.Physiol.Biochim. 91: 247-254, 1983.
  141. Ludeña, M. C., M. A. Mena, M. Salinas, and E. Herrera. Effects of alcohol ingestion in the pregnant rat on daily food intake, offspring growth and metabolic parameters. Gen.Pharmacol. 14: 327-332, 1983.
  142. Mitjavila, M. T., J. Codina, C. Stampa, and E. Herrera. Modificación del tránsito digestivo por un analgésico anti-inflamatorio (isonixina) y su restablecimiento por la metoclopramida. Arch.Farmacol.Toxicol. 9: 125-130, 1983.
  143. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Transfer from mother to foetus of L-alanine and glycerol in fed and 48h-starved pregnant rats. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 11: 731-732, 1983.
  144. Ramirez, I., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Circulating triacylglycerols, lipoproteins, and tissue lipoprotein lipase activities in rat mothers and offspring during the perinatal period: effect of postmaturity. Metabolism 32: 333-341, 1983.
  145. Ramirez, J. I., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Method for triglyceride measurement in small amounts of plasma. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 39: 327-331, 1983.
  146. Soley, M., R. Chieri, and E. Herrera. Liver glucose, glycogen and lipid synthesis in fed and 24-hour fasted rats soon after a pulse of [3-14C]pyruvate through the portal vein. Int.J.Biochem. 15: 45-49, 1983.
  147. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Liver glycogen and glyceride glycerol formation as compared with glucose synthesis in 24h-starved virgin and pregnant rats. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 11: 730-731, 1983.
  148. Herrera, E. and A. Zorzano. Is the rat a proper model for studying the diabetogenic tendencies in pregnancy? In Shafrir, E. and A. E. Renold, eds. Lessons from animal diabetes. London, Libby Co. 1984, 699-704.
  149. Herrera, E., D. Lopez, X. Testar, A. Zorzano, and M. Llobera. Efectos del consumo materno de alcohol durante la gestación. Estudio experimental. In Fundación Valgrande, ed. Síndrome alcohólico fetal. Madrid, Egraf,S.A. 1984, 213-226.
  150. Mena, M. A., R. Martin del Rio, and E. Herrera. The effect of long-term ethanol maternal ingestion and withdrawal on brain regional monoamine and amino acid precursors in 15-day-old rats. Gen.Pharmacol. 15: 151-154, 1984.
  151. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Transporte de metabolitos a través de la placenta. Rev.Esp.Pediat. 40: 163-198, 1984.
  152. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Liver and kidney cortex gluconeogenesis from L-alanine in fed and starved rats. Int.J.Biochem. 16: 263-267, 1984.
  153. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Effects of anesthetics and starvation on in vivo gluconeogenesis in virgin and pregnant rats. Metabolism 33: 553-558, 1984.
  154. Fando, J. L., T. Jolin, M. Salinas, F. Dominguez, and E. Herrera. The effect of streptozotocin diabetes on brain protein synthesis in the rat. Diabete.Metab. 11: 92-97, 1985.
  155. Gómez-Coronado, D., M. Soley, and E. Herrera. Insulin effect on "in vivo" gluconeogenesis from (3-14C)-pyruvate in the starved rat. Int.J.Biochem. 17: 1307-1311, 1985.
  156. Grinberg, D. R., I. Ramirez, S. Vilaró, M. Reina, M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Starvation enhances lipoprotein lipase activity in the liver of the newborn rat. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 833: 217-222, 1985.
  157. Herrera, E., M. Palacín, A. Martín, and M. A. Lasunción. Relationship between maternal and fetal fuels and placental glucose transfer in rats with maternal diabetes of varying severity. Diabetes 34(Suppl.2): 42-46, 1985.
  158. Mampel, T. and E. Herrera. Effects of insulin on the utilization of 14C-glycerol and 14C-glucose in hepatectomized nephrectomized rats. Diabete.Metab. 11: 118-124, 1985.
  159. Mampel, T., F. Villarroya, and E. Herrera. Hepatectomy-nephrectomy effects in the pregnant rat and fetus. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 131: 1219-1225, 1985.
  160. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Placental permeability to metabolites in fed and starved rats. Biochem.Soc.Transact. 13: 198-199, 1985.
  161. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, R. M. del Rio, and E. Herrera. Placental formation of lactate from transferred L-alanine and its impairment by aminooxyacetate in the late-pregnant rat. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 841: 90-96, 1985.
  162. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, A. Martín, and E. Herrera. Decreased uterine blood flow in the diabetic pregnant rat does not modify the augmented glucose transfer to the fetus. Biol.Neonate. 48: 197-203, 1985.
  163. Soley, M., R. Chieri, and E. Herrera. Short-term insulin infused through the portal vein enhances liver gluconeogenesis and glycogenesis from [3-14C]pyruvate in the starved rat. Int.J.Biochem. 17: 689-693, 1985.
  164. Soley, M., R. Chieri, M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Glucose infused through the portal vein enhances liver gluconeogenesis and glycogenesis from [3-14C]pyruvate in the starved rat. Int.J.Biochem. 17: 685-688, 1985.
  165. Testar, X., M. A. Lasunción, R. Chieri, and E. Herrera. Effects of exogenous insulin on placental transfer of maternal glucose to the rat fetus. Diabetologia 28: 743-748, 1985.
  166. Testar, X., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Increase with starvation in the pregnant rat of the liver lipoprotein lipase. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 13: 134, 1985.
  167. Villarroya, F., T. Mampel, and E. Herrera. Similar metabolic response to acute ethanol intake in pregnant and non-pregnant rats either fed or fasted. Gen.Pharmacol. 16: 537-540, 1985.
  168. Herrera, E. Adaptaciones metabólicas en la madre durante la gestación. In Herrera, E., ed. Bioquímica Perinatal. Madrid, Fundación Ramón Areces. 1986, 9-28.
  169. Herrera, E. Efectos del etanol en la gestación. Mundo Científico 6: 1114-1119, 1986.
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  173. López-Luna, P., T. Muñoz, and E. Herrera. Body fat in pregnant rats at mid- and late-gestation. Life Sci. 39: 1389-1393, 1986.
  174. Martín, A., A. Zorzano, I. Caruncho, and E. Herrera. Glucose tolerance tests and "in vivo" response to intravenous insulin in the unanaesthesized late pregnant rat and theirconsequences to the fetus. Diabete.Metab. 12: 302-307, 1986.
  175. Mena, M. A., A. Zorzano, and E. Herrera. Acute effects of ethanol on brain, plasma and adrenal monoamine concentrations in virgin and pregnant rats and their fetuses. Neurochem.Int. 9: 371-378, 1986.
  176. Testar, X., D. Lopez, M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Ethanol administration in the drinking fluid to pregnant rats as a model for the fetal alcohol syndrome. Pharmacol.Biochem.Behav. 24: 625-630, 1986.
  177. Vinas, O., S. Vilaró, X. Remesar, and E. Herrera. Effects of chronic ethanol ingestion on circulating metabolites and liver composition in the lactating rat. Gen.Pharmacol. 17: 197-202, 1986.
  178. Zorzano, A., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Role of the availability of substrates on hepatic and renal gluconeogenesis in the fasted late pregnant rat. Metabolism 35: 297-303, 1986.
  179. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Comparative utilization of glycerol and alanine as liver gluconeogenic substrates in the fed late pregnant rat. Int.J.Biochem. 18: 583-587, 1986.
  180. Herrera, E., D. Gomez Coronado, and M. A. Lasunción. Lipid metabolism in pregnancy. Biol.Neonate. 51: 70-77, 1987.
  181. Herrera, E. Metabolismo general de aminoácidos. In Aula Médica, ed. Sustrato protéico. Madrid, Ediciones CEA,S.A. 1987, 7-20.
  182. Herrera, E., M. A. Lasunción, D. Gómez-Coronado, and E. Orozco. Papel de la lipoproteína lipasa de la pared vascular en el metabolismo de las lipoproteínas ricas en triglicéridos. Actas III Reun.Latin.Invest.Vascular 15-26, 1987.
  183. Lasunción, M. A., J. Lorenzo, M. Palacín, and E. Herrera. Maternal factors modulating nutrient transfer to fetus. Biol.Neonate. 51: 86-93, 1987.
  184. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Lactate production and absence of gluconeogenesis from placental transferred substrates in fetuses from fed and 48-H starved rats. Pediatr.Res. 22: 6-10, 1987.
  185. Vilaró, S., O. Vinas, X. Remesar, and E. Herrera. Effects of chronic ethanol consumption on lactational performance in rat: mammary gland and milk composition and pups' growth and metabolism. Pharmacol.Biochem.Behav. 27: 333-339, 1987.
  186. Vilaró, S., O. Vinas, E. Herrera, and X. Remesar. Chronic and acute ethanol impair the in vivo glucose uptake by lactating rat mammary gland. Biosci.Rep. 7: 777-781, 1987.
  187. Vinas, O., S. Vilaró, E. Herrera, and X. Remesar. Effects of chronic ethanol treatment on amino acid uptake and enzyme activities in the lactating rat mammary gland. Life Sci. 40: 1745-1749, 1987.
  188. Bonet, B. and E. Herrera. Different response to maternal hypothyroidism during the first and second half of gestation in the rat. Endocrinology 122: 450-455, 1988.
  189. Herrera, E. and M. A. Lasunción. Metabolismo de las lipoproteínas ricas en triglicéridos. In Aula Médica, ed. Substrato lipídico. Madrid, Ediciones CEA,S.A. 1988, 89-99.
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  191. Herrera, E., M. A. Lasunción, D. Gomez Coronado, P. Aranda, P. Lopez Luna, and I. Maier. Role of lipoprotein lipase activity on lipoprotein metabolism and the fate of circulating triglycerides in pregnancy. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 158: 1575-1583, 1988.
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  194. Herrera, E., M. A. Lasunción, M. Castro, D. Gomez Coronado, A. Martín, and G. Quack. Studies with etofibrate in the rat. Part I: Effects on glycerol, free fatty acid and triacylglycerol metabolism. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 963: 42-52, 1988.
  195. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Metabolismo de las lipoproteínas transportadoras del colesterol. In Aula Médica, ed. Substrato lipídico. Madrid, Ediciones CEA,S.A. 1988, 101-112.
  196. Lopez Tejero, D., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. High liver lipoprotein lipase activity in hyperlipemic developing rats from undernourished pregnant mothers. Biosci.Rep. 8: 309-314, 1988.
  197. Lopez Tejero, D., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Consecuencias del alcohol durante la gestación sobre el desarrollo postnatal. In Herrera, E., ed. Bioquímica Perinatal: Aspectos básicos y patológicos. Madrid, Fundación Ramón Areces, Ed. Ceura. 1988, 601-628.
  198. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Utilization of glucose, alanine, lactate, and glycerol as lipogenic substrates by periuterine adipose tissue in situ in fed and starved rats. J.Lipid Res. 29: 26-32, 1988.
  199. Robert, M. Q. and E. Herrera. Effect of postweaning thyroid status on endocrine and adipose development in rats. Am.J.Physiol. 255: E280-E286, 1988.
  200. Testar, X., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Metabolic response to starvation at late gestation in chronically ethanol-treated and pair-fed undernourished rats. Metabolism 37: 1008-1014, 1988.
  201. Testar, X., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Comparative metabolic effects of chronic ethanol intake and undernutrition in pregnant rats and their fetuses. Alcohol Clin.Exp.Res. 12: 197-200, 1988.
  202. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Pregnancy and pentobarbital anaesthesia modify hepatic synthesis of acylglycerol glycerol and glycogen from gluconeogenic precursors during fasting in rats. Biochem.J. 256: 487-491, 1988.
  203. Argiles, J. and E. Herrera. Appearance of circulating and tissue 14C-lipids after oral 14C-tripalmitate administration in the late pregnant rat. Metabolism 38: 104-108, 1989.
  204. Gómez-Coronado, D., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Lipoproteínas transportadoras de triglicéridos (I). Clin.Invest.Arterioscl. 1: 30-44, 1989.
  205. Gómez-Coronado, D., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Lipoproteínas transportadoras de triglicéridos (II). Clin.Invest.Arterioscl. 1: 116-129, 1989.
  206. Herrera, E. Las lipoproteínas; su papel en el riesgo de las enfermedades cardiovasculares y su metabolismo. Rev.Fac.Med.UNAM 322: 59-68, 1989.
  207. Herrera, E., M. Castro, M. A. Lasunción, and A. Entrala. Metabolismo de la vitamina A y su relación con las lipoproteínas circulantes. Nutr.Clín. 9: 23-36, 1989.
  208. Lopez Tejero, D., M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Permanent abnormal response to a glucose load after prenatal ethanol exposure in rats. Alcohol 6: 469-473, 1989.
  209. Lopez Tejero, D., E. Arilla, B. Colas, M. Llobera, and E. Herrera. Low intestinal lactase activity in offspring from ethanol- treated mothers. Biol.Neonate. 55: 204-213, 1989.
  210. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Decreased in vivo rate of ethanol metabolism in the suckling rat. Alcohol Clin.Exp.Res. 13: 527-532, 1989.
  211. Zorzano, A., L. Ruiz del Arbol, and E. Herrera. Effect of liver disorders on ethanol elimination and alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase activities in liver and erythrocytes.Clin.Sci. 76: 51-57, 1989.
  212. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Disposition of ethanol and acetaldehyde in late pregnant rats and their fetuses. Pediatr.Res. 25: 102-106, 1989.
  213. Zorzano, A., M. Soley, and E. Herrera. Rapid effects of insulin and glucose on the hepatic incorporation of gluconeogenic substrates into glyceride glycerol and glycogen. Int.J.Biochem. 21: 1071-1075, 1989.
  214. Alvarez, J. J., M. A. Lasunción, J. M. Olmos, and E. Herrera. Interferencia de la lipoproteína (a) en la cuantificación del colesterol de las HDL mediante ultracentrifugación. Clin.Invest.Arterioscl. 2: 146-152, 1990.
  215. Arilla, E., V. Barrios, A. Martín, and E. Herrera. Somatostatin concentration in gastric and colonic mucosa of normal and streptozotocin-diabetic pregnant rats. Endocrinología 37: 45-48, 1990.
  216. Entrala, A., M. A. Lasunción, J. M. Olmos, E. Herrera, and A. Sastre. Ingesta dietética y otros factores de riesgo cardiovascular en el personal laboral-sanitario del Hospital Ramón y Cajal. Nutr.Clín. 10: 7-26, 1990.
  217. Herrera, E., P. Ramos, and A. Martín. Control by insulin of adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity during late pregnancy in the rat. In Shafrir, E., ed. Frontiers in Diabetes Research. Lessons From Animal Diabetes III. London, Smith-Gordon. 1990, 551-554.
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  219. Herrera, E. Contradiciones y realidades de los efectos de la insulina sobre el metabolismo. Avanc.Diabet. 3: 3-19, 1990.
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  222. Herrera, E. Interrelaciones metabólicas materno-fetal en la diabetes gestacional. Avanc.Diabet. 3: 51-56, 1990.
  223. Lasunción, M. A., A. Iglesias, N. Skottova, E. Orozco, and E. Herrera. High-density lipoprotein subpopulations as substrates for the transfer of cholesteryl esters to very-low-density lipoproteins. Biochem.J. 270: 441-449, 1990.
  224. Martín, A., M. Palacín, M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Fetal/maternal plasma amino acid relationships in the streptozotocin diabetic rat. In Cuezva, J. M., A. M. Pascual Leone, and M. S. Patel, eds. Endocrine and biochemical development of the fetus and neonate. New York, Plenum Press. 1990, 277-282.
  225. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. In vivo ethanol elimination in man, monkey and rat: a lack of relationship between the ethanol metabolism and the hepatic activities of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases. Life Sci. 46: 223-230, 1990.
  226. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Differences in kinetic characteristics and in sensitivity to inhibitors between human and rat liver alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase. Gen.Pharmacol. 21: 697-702, 1990.
  227. Zorzano, A. and E. Herrera. Differences in the kinetic properties and sensitivity to inhibitors of human placental, erythrocyte, and major hepatic aldehyde dehydrogenase isoenzymes. Biochem.Pharmacol. 39: 873-878, 1990.
  228. Bonet, B. and E. Herrera. Maternal hypothyroidism during the first half of gestation compromises normal catabolic adaptations of late gestation in the rat. Endocrinology 129: 210-216, 1991.
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  231. Lopez Luna, P., I. Maier, and E. Herrera. Carcass and tissue fat content in the pregnant rat. Biol.Neonate. 60: 29-38, 1991.
  232. Martín, A. and E. Herrera. Different responses to maternal diabetes during the first and second half of gestation in the streptozotocin-treated rat. Isr.J.Med.Sci. 27: 442-448, 1991.
  233. Palacín, M., M. A. Lasunción, M. Asunción, and E. Herrera. Circulating metabolite utilization by periuterine adipose tissue in situ in the pregnant rat. Metabolism 40: 534-539, 1991.
  234. Teruel, J. L., M. A. Lasunción, M. A. Castanon, N. Gallego, E. Herrera, and J. Ortuno. Treatment of homozygotic familial hypercholesterolemia with continuous apheresis of low density lipoproteins. Med.Clin.(Barc). 97: 738-740, 1991.
  235. Teruel, J. L., M. A. Lasunción, M. A. Castañón, E. Herrera, and J. Ortuño. Aféresis de lipoproteínas con columnas de sulfato de dextrano. Clin.Invest.Arterioscl. 3: 13-18, 1991.
  236. Alvarez, J. J., M. A. Lasunción, J. M. Olmos, and E. Herrera. Studies on Lp(a) distribution in ultracentrifugally separated lipoprotein fractions. Beckman Analytical s.p.a.Edition 35-43, 1992.
  237. Bocos, C., M. Castro, E. Orozco, J. A. Contreras, and E. Herrera. A rapid and sensitive method for HPLC cholesterol determination in bile. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 48: 211-214, 1992.
  238. Contreras, J. A., M. Castro, C. Bocos, E. Herrera, and M. A. Lasunción. Combination of an enzymatic method and HPLC for the quantitation of cholesterol in cultured cells. J.Lipid Res. 33: 931-936, 1992.
  239. Herrera, E., M. A. Lasunción, and M. Asunción. Placental transport of free fatty acids, glycerol and ketone bodies. In Polin, R. and W. W. Fox, eds. Fetal and neonatal physiology. Philadelphia, W.B.Saunders. 1992, 291-298.
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  241. Herrera, E. and M. A. Lasunción. Adaptaciones metabólicas en la madre durante la gestación y sus repercusiones en la nutrición fetal. Actualidad Nutricional 12: 39-46, 1992.
  242. Herrera, E., M. A. Lasunción, A. Martín, and A. Zorzano. Carbohydrate-lipid interactions in pregnancy. In Herrera, E. and R. H. Knopp, eds. Perinatal biochemistry. Boca Raton, CRC Press. 1992, 1-18.
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  244. Lasunción, M. A., D. Gómez-Coronado, and E. Herrera. Metabolismo de quilomicrones y VLDL. In Rubíes-Prat, J., ed. Temas actuales en hiperlipidemias y arteriosclerosis. Barcelona, Espaxs, Publicaciones Médicas. 1992, 39-64.
  245. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Métodos para la determinación en plasma de actividades enzimáticas relacionadas con el metabolismo lipídico. In Sociedad Española de Arteriosclerosis, ed. Manual de las Clínicas de Lípidos Españolas. Madrid, Jarpyo Editores,S.A. 1992, 49-53.
  246. Lasunción, M. A., J. L. Teruel, J. J. Alvarez, D. Gómez-Coronado, J. Ortuño, and E. Herrera. Lipoproteína (a) en suero durante el tratamiento con aféresis de LDL en la hipercolesterolemia familiar homocigótica. Med.Clin.(Barc). 99: 541-544, 1992.
  247. Montelongo, A., M. A. Lasunción, L. F. Pallardo, and E. Herrera. Longitudinal study of plasma lipoproteins and hormones during pregnancy in normal and diabetic women. Diabetes 41: 1651-1659, 1992.
  248. Muñoz, C., P. López-Luna, and E. Herrera. Glucose tolerance tests during gestation in the unanesthetized rat. Rev.Esp.Fisiol. 48: 97-102, 1992.
  249. Olmos, J. M., M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Dextran sulfate complexes with potasium phosphate to interfere in determinations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Clin.Chem. 38: 233-237, 1992.
  250. Alvarez, J. J., M. A. Lasunción, J. M. Olmos, and E. Herrera. Interindividual variation in the partition of lipoprotein(a) into lipoprotein subfractions. Clin.Biochem. 26: 399-408, 1993.
  251. Bocos, C., M. Castro, G. Quack, and E. Herrera. Studies with etofibrate in the rat. Part II: A comparison of the effects of prolonged and acute administration on plasma lipids, liver enzymes and adipose tissue lipolysis. Biochim.Biophys.Acta Lipids Lipid Metab. 1168: 340-347, 1993.
  252. Entrala, A., M. Castro, M. A. Lasunción, E. Herrera, and A. Sastre. Identificación de niveles plasmáticos de las vitaminas A y E en un grupo de personas adultas sanas como patrón de referencia para la población española. Endocrinología 40: 71-74, 1993.
  253. Gómez-Coronado, D., G. T. Sáez, M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Different hydrolytic efficiencies of adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase on very-low-density lipoprotein subfractions separated by heparin-Sepharose chromatography. Biochim.Biophys.Acta Lipids Lipid Metab. 1167: 70-78, 1993.
  254. Herrera, E. and M. A. Lasunción. Estructura de las lipoproteínas y apoproteínas. In Fernández Curz, A., ed. Monografías clínicas en cardiología, nš 6: Lípidos y corazón. Barcelona, Editorial Doyma. 1993, 9-27.
  255. Herrera, E., M. A. Lasunción, A. Montelongo, and A. Martín. Maternal-fetal metabolic relationship. In Medina, J. M. and J. Quero, eds. Physiologic basis of perinatal care. Madrid, Ediciones Ergon. 1993, 15-27.
  256. Herrera, E., J. J. Alvarez, and M. A. Lasunción. Metabolismo y fisiopatología de la lipoproteína(a). Nutr.Clín. 13: 7-24, 1993.
  257. Iglesias, A., J. A. Contreras, M. Martínez-Pardo, A. Entrala, E. Herrera, and M. A. Lasunción. Cholesteryl ester transfer activity in lipoprotein lipase deficiency and other primary hypertriglyceridemias. Clin.Chim.Acta 221: 73-89, 1993.
  258. Lasunción, M. A., J. J. Alvarez, and E. Herrera. La lipoproteína(a): de lipoproteína pre-beta oculta a factor de riesgo cardiovascular. Med.Clin.(Barc). 101: 424-430, 1993.
  259. Lasunción, M. A. and E. Herrera. Bases del metabolismo del colesterol. In Martín Zurro, A., ed. Hipercolesterolemias. Problemas preventivos, diagnósticos y terapéuticos. Barcelona, Editorial Doyma. 1993, 25-51.
  260. Martín, A., P. Ramos, and E. Herrera. Modulation of lipoprotein lipase activity in adipose tissue during late pregnancy. In Medina, J. M. and J. Quero, eds. Physiologic Basis of Perinatal Care. Madrid, Ediciones Ergon. 1993, 117-122.
  261. Herrera, E., P. Ramos, P. López-Luna, and M. A. Lasunción. Metabolic interactions during pregnancy in preparation for lactation. In Serrano Ríos, M., A. Sastre, M. A. Perez Juez, A. Entrala, and C. De Sabesti, eds. Dairy products in human health and nutrition. Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema. 1994, 189-197.
  262. Herrera, E., C. Muñoz, P. Lopez-Luna, and P. Ramos. Carbohydrate-lipid interactions during gestation and their control by insulin. Brazilian J.Med.Biol.Res. 27: 2499-2519, 1994.
  263. Herrera, E. and M. A. Lasunción. Fisiopatología del tejido adiposo blanco. In Soriguer Escofet, F. J. C., ed. La Obesidad. Madrid, Ed. Díaz de Santos. 1994, 97-117.
  264. Iglesias, A., A. Montelongo, E. Herrera, and M. A. Lasunción. Changes in cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity during normal gestation and postpartum. Clin.Biochem. 27: 63-68, 1994.
  265. López-Luna, P., J. Olea, and E. Herrera. Effect of starvation on lipoprotein lipase activity in different tissues during gestation in the rat. Biochim.Biophys.Acta Lipids Lipid Metab. 1215: 275-279, 1994.
  266. Martin-Hidalgo, A., C. Holm, P. Belfrage, M. C. Schotz, and E. Herrera. Lipoprotein lipase and hormone-sensitive lipase activity and mRNA in rat adipose tissue during pregnancy. Am.J.Physiol. 266: E930-E935, 1994.
  267. Perales, J., M. A. Lasunción, A. Cano, M. A. Martín-Scapa, M. Matíes, and E. Herrera. Cambios en el perfil lipídico en hepatopatías crónicas. Med.Clin.(Barc). 102: 364-368, 1994.
  268. Bocos, C., E. Orozco, M. Castro, G. Quack, and E. Herrera. Effect of etofibrate on bile production in the normolipidemic rat. Gen.Pharmacol. 26: 537-542, 1995.
  269. Herrera, E. and C. Bocos. Papel de la nutrición en el metabolismo del colesterol. In González Montero, M., ed. Impacto de la nutrición en la biología humana. Madrid, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. 1995, 157-174.
  270. Martin, M. E., A. M. Garcia, L. Blanco, E. Herrera, and M. Salinas. Effect of streptozotocin diabetes on polysomal aggregation and protein synthesis rate in the liver of pregnant rats and their offspring. Biosci.Rep. 15: 15-20, 1995.
  271. Muñoz, C., P. López-Luna, and E. Herrera. Glucose and insulin tolerance tests in the rat on different days of gestation. Biol.Neonate 68: 282-291, 1995.
  272. Ramos, P. and E. Herrera. Reversion of insulin resistance in the rat during late pregnancy by 72-h glucose infusion. Am.J.Physiol.Endocrinol.Metab. 269: E858-E863, 1995.
  273. Ramos, P. and E. Herrera. Effect of prolonged glucose infusion on insulin sensitivity in the conscious normal rat. Horm.Metab.Res. 27: 197-200, 1995.
  274. Wright, M. M., I. J. Lean, E. Herrera, and P. F. Dodds. Changes in the composition of plasma very low density lipoprotein during pregnancy and lactation in genetic lines of pigs. Animal Science 61: 361-368, 1995.
  275. Alvarez, J. J., A. Montelongo, A. Iglesias, M. A. Lasunción, and E. Herrera. Longitudinal study on lipoprotein profile, high density lipoprotein subclass, and postheparin lipases during gestation in women. J.Lipid Res. 37: 299-308, 1996.
  276. Arranz, M. I., M. A. Lasunción, J. Perales, E. Herrera, I. Lorenzo, C. Cárcamo, L. Concostrina, J. Villar, and R. Gasalla. Fatty acid composition of lipoprotein lipids in hepatobiliary diseases. Eur.J.Clin.Chem.Clin.Biochem. 34: 701-709, 1996.
  277. Blanco-Dolado, L., E. Herrera, and A. Martín-Hidalgo. Actividad y expresión (ARNm) de la lipoproteína lipasa y de la lipasa sensible a las hormonas en tejidos de ratas vírgenes y preñadas diabéticas. Ars Pharmaceutica 37: 945-956, 1996.
  278. Bocos, C. and E. Herrera. Comparative study on the in vivo and in vitro antilipolytic effects of etofibrate, nicotinic acid and clofibrate in the rat. Eur.J.Pharmacol.Environ.Toxicol.Pharmacol. 2: 351-357, 1996.
  279. Bonet, B., M. Viana, and E. Herrera. Efectos teratogénicos de la diabetes. Prevención con la administración de antioxidantes. Ars Pharmaceutica 37: 1005-1010, 1996.
  280. Do Carmo, M. G. T., C. M. O. Do Nascimento, A. Martín-Hidalgo, and E. Herrera. Effects of ethanol intake on lipid metabolism in the lactating rat. Alcohol 13: 443-448, 1996.
  281. Garcia, A. M., M. E. Martin, L. Blanco, A. Martin-Hidalgo, J. L. Fando, E. Herrera, and M. Salinas. Effect of diabetes on protein synthesis rate and eukaryotic initiation factor activities in the liver of virgin and pregnant rats. Biol.Neonate 69: 37-50, 1996.
  282. 282. Herrera, E. Lipid metabolism during gestation and its implications for intrauterine development. In Battaglia, F., F. Falkner, C. Garza, and B. Salle, eds. Maternal and extrauterine nutritional factors. Their influence on fetal and infant growth. Madrid, Ediciones Ergon, S.A. 1996, 115-126.
  283. 283. Herrera, E. Metabolismo lipídico durante la gestación. Ars Pharmaceutica 37: 871-887, 1996.
  284. 284. Iglesias, A., M. Arranz, J. J. Alvarez, J. Perales, J. Villar, E. Herrera, and M. A. Lasunción. Cholesteryl ester transfer activity in liver disease and cholestasis, and its relation with fatty acid composition of lipoprotein lipids. Clin.Chim.Acta 248: 157-174, 1996.
  285. 285. López-Luna, P., S. Martínez-Barrios, C. Muñoz, and E. Herrera. Repercusiones metabólicas de la dieta rica en sacarosa en la rata gestante ejercitada. Ars Pharmaceutica 37: 889-895, 1996.
  286. 286. López-Luna, P., R. Bernardo, and E. Herrera. Influencia del ejercicio y la gestación sobre parámetros del estrés oxidativo en rata. In Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, ed. Tomo Extraordinario, 125 Aniversario de la RSEHN. Madrid, Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. 1996, 47-49.
  287. 287. Munilla, M. A. and E. Herrera. Efecto de una dieta rica en colesterol en ratas preñadas y en sus fetos. Ars Pharmaceutica 37: 933-943, 1996.
  288. 288. Muñoz, C., P. López-Luna, and E. Herrera. Effect of physical training on insulin response in late pregnancy rats. Ars Pharmaceutica 37: 897-906, 1996.
  289. 289. Ramos, P. and E. Herrera. Comparative responsiveness to prolonged hyperinsulinemia between adipose-tissue and mammary-gland lipoprotein lipase activities in pregnant rats. Early Pregnancy: Biol.and Med. 2: 29-35, 1996.
  290. 290. Soria, A., A. Chicco, N. Mocchiutti, R. A. Gutman, Y. B. Lombardo, A. Martin-Hidalgo, and E. Herrera. A sucrose-rich diet affects triglyceride metabolism differently in pregnant and nonpregnant rats and has negative effects on fetal growth. J.Nutr. 126: 2481-2486, 1996.
  291. Tavares do Carmo, M. G., C. M. Oller do Nascimento, A. Martín-Hidalgo, and E. Herrera. Effects of ethanol intake on lipid metabolism in the lactating rat. Alcohol 13: 443-448, 1996.
  292. Viana, M., E. Herrera, and B. Bonet. Teratogenic effects of diabetes mellitus in the rat. Prevention by vitamin E. Diabetologia 39: 1041-1046, 1996.
  293. Viana, M., C. Barbas, B. Bonet, M. V. Bonet, M. Castro, M. V. Fraile, and E. Herrera. In vitro effects of a flavonoid-rich extract on LDL oxidation. Atherosclerosis 123: 83-91, 1996.
  294. Barbas, C., M. Castro, B. Bonet, M. Viana, and E. Herrera. Simultaneous determination of vitamins A and E in rat tissues by high-performance liquid chromatography. J.Chromatogr.A 778: 415-420, 1997.
  295. Herrera, E. Metabolismo lipídico durante la gestación. Alim.Nutri.Salud 4: 43-49, 1997.
  296. Herrera, E. and M. A. Munilla. Maternal lipid metabolism and its implications for fetal growth. In Battaglia, F. C., ed. Placental function and fetal nutrition. Philadelphia-New York, Lippincott-Raven. 1997, 169-182.
  297. Munilla, M. A. and E. Herrera. A cholesterol-rich diet causes a greater hypercholesterolemic response in pregnant than in nonpregnant rats and does not modify fetal lipoprotein profile. J.Nutr. 127: 2239-2245, 1997.
  298. Otero, P., M. Viana, E. Herrera, and B. Bonet. Antioxidant and prooxidant effects of ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid and flavonoids on LDL submitted to different degrees of oxidation. Free Radic.Res. 27: 619-626, 1997.
  299. Otero, P., E. Herrera, and B. Bonet. Factores aterogénicos en adolescentes con diabetes mellitus insulinodependiente. Av.Diabetol. 13: 110-115, 1997.
  300. Alvarez, J. J. and E. Herrera. Bioquímica clínica de la gestación. In González de Buitrago, J. M., E. Arilla Ferreiro, M. Rodríguez-Segade, and A. Sánchez Pozo, eds. Bioquímica Clínica. Madrid, McGraw-Hill Interamericana. 1998, 407-421.
  301. Barbas, C., M. Castro, and E. Herrera. A simplified measurement of protein in natural latex. Alergy 53: 719-720, 1998.
  302. Barbas, C. and E. Herrera. Lipid composition and vitamin E content in human colostrum and mature milk. J.Physiol.Biochem. 54: 167-174, 1998.
  303. Bocos, C. and E. Herrera. Pantethine stimulates lipolysis in adipose tissue and inhibits cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in liver and intestinal mucosa in the normolipidemic rat. Environ.Toxicol.Pharmacol. 6: 59-66, 1998.
  304. Bonet, B., M. Viana, and E. Herrera. Efectos teratogénicos de la diabetes: papel de los radicales libres. Endocrinología 45: 292-297, 1998.
  305. Carrascosa, J. M., P. Ramos, J. C. Molero, and E. Herrera. Changes in the kinase activity of the insulin receptor account for an increased insulin sensitivity of mammary gland in late pregnancy. Endocrinology 139: 520-526, 1998.
  306. Herrera, E., B. Bonet, and M. A. Lasunción. Maternal-fetal transfer of lipid metabolites. In Polin, R. A. and W. W. Fox, eds. Fetal and neonatal physiology. Philadelphia, W.B.Saunders Co. 1998, 447-458.
  307. Segade, and A. Sánchez Pozo, eds. Bioquímica Clínica. Madrid, McGraw-Hill Interamericana. 1998, 395-405.
  308. López-Luna, P., M. A. Iglesias, C. Muñoz, and E. Herrera. Aerobic exercise during pregnancy reverts maternal insulin resistance in rats. Med.Sci.Sports Exerc. 30: 1510-1514, 1998.
  309. Relaño, E. and E. Herrera. Vías metabólicas del piruvato que conducen a la formación de ácidos orgánicos. In Bascones Martínez, A., ed. Tratado de Odontología. Madrid, Smithkline Beecham,S.A. 1998, 479-498.
  310. Rupérez, F. J., C. Barbas, M. Castro, S. Martínez, and E. Herrera. Simplified method for vitamin E determination in rat adipose tissue and mammary glands by high-performance liquid chromatography. J.Chromatogr.A 823: 483-487, 1998.
  311. Amusquivar, E. and E. Herrera. Efecto de variaciones en el contenido graso de la dieta de la rata durante la gestación sobre el perfil de ácidos grasos en plasma materno y fetal. Nutr.Hosp. 14: 114-119, 1999.
  312. 312. Do Carmo, M. G. T., C. M. O. Do Nascimento, A. Martin, and E. Herrera. Ethanol intake during lactation impairs milk production in rats and affects growth and metabolism of suckling pups. Alcohol 18: 71-76, 1999.
  313. Gómez-Coronado, D., J. J. Alvarez, A. Entrala, J. M. Olmos, E. Herrera, and M. A. Lasunción. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in men and women from a Spanish population: allele frequencies and influence on plasma lipids and apolipoproteins. Atherosclerosis 147: 167-176, 1999.
  314. Herrera, E., E. Amusquivar, J. Rupérez, J. Cacho, and C. Barbas. Estudio experimental sobre las ventajas del aceite de oliva frente al de pescado durante la gestación, y sus consecuencias en los fetos. Expoliva '99 IX (Sal-5): 1-14, 1999.
  315. Herrera, E. Metabolismo en el embarazo. In Hernández, M. and A. Sastre, eds. Tratado de Nutrición. Madrid, Díaz de Santos. 1999, 681-698.
  316. Muñoz, C., P. López-Luna, and E. Herrera. Treadmill training enhances glucose tolerance more in pregnant than in virgin rats. Biol.Neonate 75: 337-342, 1999.
  317. Ramos, P., A. Martín-Hidalgo, and E. Herrera. Insulin-induced up-regulation of lipoprotein lipase messenger ribonucleic acid and activity in mammary gland. Endocrinology 140: 1089-1093, 1999.
  318. Rupérez, F. J., C. Barbas, M. Castro, and E. Herrera. Determination of a-tocopherol and a-tocopheryl acetate in diets of experimental animals - Study of stability in the diets. J.Chromatogr.A 839: 93-99, 1999.
  319. Tavares do Carmo, M. G., C. M. Oller do Nascimento, A. Martin, and E. Herrera. Ethanol intake during lactation impairs milk production in rats and affects growth and metabolism of suckling pups. Alcohol 18: 71-76, 1999.
  320. Viana, M., C. Barbas, M. Castro, E. Herrera, and B. Bonet. Alpha-tocopherol concentration in fetal and maternal tissues of pregnant rats supplemented with alpha-tocopherol. Ann.Nutr.Metab. 43: 107-112, 1999.
  321. Amusquivar, E., F. J. Rupérez, C. Barbas, and E. Herrera. Low arachidonic acid rather than a-tocopherol is responsible for the delayed postnatal development in offspring of rats fed fish oil instead of olive oil during pregnancy and lactation. J.Nutr. 130: 2855-2865, 2000.
  322. Herrera, E. Metabolic adaptations in pregnancy and their implications for the availability of substrates to the fetus. Eur.J.Clin.Nutr. 54, Suppl. 1: S47-S51, 2000.
  323. Herrera, E., E. Amusquivar, and J. Cacho. Changes in dietary fatty acids modify the decreased lipolytic b3-adrenergic response to hyperinsulinemia in adipocytes frompregnant and nonpregnant rats. Metabolism 49: 1180-1187, 2000.
  324. Herrera, E. and E. Amusquivar. Lipid metabolism in the fetus and the newborn. Diabetes Metab.Res.Rev. 16: 202-210, 2000.
  325. Herrera, E. Metabolismo de la vitamina E. Nutrición y Obesidad 3: 4-16, 2000.
  326. Herrera,E., M.A.Lasunción, L.Huerta,and A.Martín-Hidalgo.
    Plasma leptin levels in mother and offspring during pregnancy. Biol Neonate 78: 315-320, 2000.
  327. Klatt, P., J. Cacho, M. D. Crespo, E. Herrera, and P. Ramos. Nitric oxide inhibits isoproterenol-stimulated adipocyte lipolysis through oxidative inactivation of the b-agonist. Biochem.J. 351: 485-493, 2000.
  328. Munilla, M. A. and E. Herrera. Maternal hypertriglyceridemia during late pregnancy is not added to the increase in circulating triglycerides caused by long-term feeding a sucrose-rich diet in the rat. J.Nutr. 130: 2883-2888, 2000.
  329. Panadero, M., E. Herrera, and C. Bocos. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-a expression in rat liver during postnatal development. Biochimie 82: 723-726, 2000.
  330. Tibau de Alburquerque, K., M. G. Tavares do Carmo, and E. Herrera. Ethanol consumption by lactating rats induces changes in pup's fatty acid profiles. Alcohol 3: 331-337, 2000.
  331. Viana, M., O. I. Aruoma, E. Herrera, and B. Bonet. Oxidative damage in pregnant diabetic rats and their embryos. Free Rad.Biol.Med. 29: 1115-1121, 2000.
  332. Dolnikoff, M., A. Martín-Hidalgo, U. F. Machado, F. B. Lima, and E. Herrera. Decreased lipolysis and enhanced glycerol and glucose utilization by adipose tissue prior to development of obesity in monosodium glutamate (MSG) treated-rats. Int.J.Obes. 25: 426-433, 2001.
  333. Herrera, E. and C. Barbas. Vitamin E: action, metabolism and perspectives. J.Physiol.Biochem. 57: 43-56, 2001.
  334. Panadero, M., H. Vidal, E. Herrera, and C. Bocos. Nutritionally induced changes in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha gene expression in liver of suckling rats are dependent on insulinemia. Arch.Biochem.Biophys. 394: 182-188, 2001.
  335. Rupérez, F.J., E. Herrera, and C. Barbas. Analysis of a-tocopherol and related compounds in various chromatographic matrices. J. Chromatogr. A. 935, 45-69, 2001
  336. López-Soldado, I., A. Munilla, and E. Herrera. A sucrose-rich diet during pregnancy causes a similar response in Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats. Ann. Nutr. Metab. 45, 285-290, 2001.
  337. Soria, A., Bocos, C., and Herrera, E. Opposite metabolic response to fenofibrate treatment in pregnant and virgin rats. Journal of Lipid Research . 43, 74-81, 2002
  338. Blanco-Dolado, L., Martín-Hidalgo, A., and E. Herrera. Streptozotocin-induced diabetes decreases mammary gland lipoprotein lipase activity and messenger ribonucleic acid in pregnant and nonpregnant rats. Int. Jnl. Experimental Diab. Res. 3, 61-68, 2002
  339. Gómez-Coronado, D., Entrala, A., Álvarez, J.J., Ortega, H., Olmos, J.M., Castro, M., Sastre, A., Herrera, E., and Lasunción, M.A. Influence of apolipoprotein E polymorphism on plasma vitamin A and vitamin E levels. Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 32, 251-258, 2002
  340. Herrera, E. Implications of dietary fatty acids during pregnancy on placental, fetal and postnatal development. Placenta 23, Sppl. A, S9-S19, 2002
  341. Martínez, S., Barbas, C., and Herrera, E. Uptake of a-tocopherol by mammary gland although not by white adipose tissue is dependent on lipoprotein lipase activity around parturition and during lactation in the rat. Metabolism 51, 000-000, 2002
  342. López-Soldado, I., Betancor-Fernández, A., and Herrera, E.: Differential metabolic response to 48 h food deprivation at different times of pregnancy in the rat. J. Physiol. Biochem. 58, 75-86, 2002
  343. Herrera, E.: Lipid metabolism in pregnancy and its consequences in the fetos and newborn. Endocrine 19, 000-000, 2002
  344. Beysen, C.B., Belcher, A.K., Karpe, F., Fielding, B.A., Herrera, E., and Frayn, K.N.: Novel experimental protocol to increase specific plasma nonesterified fatty acids in humans. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 284, E000-E000, 2003.
  345. Ramos, M.P., Crespo-Solans, M.D., del Campo, S., and Herrera, E.: Fat accumulation in the rat during early pregnancy is modulated by enhanced insulin responsiveness. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol.Metab. In Press.
  346. Amusquivar, E., and Herrera, E.: Influence of changes in dietary fatty acids during pregnancy on placental and fetal fatty acid profile in the rat. Biol. Neonate. In Press

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Pilar Ramos

Full name : Ma del Pilar Ramos Alvarez

Born in Madrid (Spain), 1st June 1964

Current position:
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Faculty of Experimental and Health Sciences,
Universidad San Pablo-CEU,
Madrid, Spain.

Academic and research activities:
Study of Biology (1982-1987) at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Master's degree in Science (Biology), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1989.
Ph.D. in Science (Biology), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1993.
Postdoctoral studies (1994-96): Institute of Biochemistry, Karl-Franzens University, Graz,.Austria
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, from 1996.

Prizes and research distinctions:
Research award (as supervisor) of Fundación San Pablo-CEU, 1998
Research award of Fundación San Pablo-CEU, 1999
Research award (as supervisor), Cátedra Leche Pascual, 2001

Master theses supervised: 2 (+ 3 under supervision)

Publications:
In scientific journals and book chapters: 23
Presentations to Scientific Congresses (Abstracts): 71; Published abstracts: 11

Current Scientific Projects

Role of nitric oxide in the development of insulin resistance.
Support: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. PM99/001
Duration: 2000-2003.
Principal Investigator: Ma del Pilar Ramos.

Insulin, dietary fatty acids and peroxisomal proliferator activated receptors (PPARs): interactions in pregnancy and perinatal development
Support. Fundación Universitaria San Pablo-CEU, CEU10/01:
Duration: 2001-2003.
Principal Investigator: Emilio Herrera.

Dietary fat, body weight control and links between obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Support: Unión Europea , FAIR-CT-98-4141.
Duration: 1999-2002
Principal Investigator: Emilio Herrera..

Consequences of modifying dietary fatty acids on muscle and adipose tissue insulin responsiveness in pregnant rats
Support: Programa de Cooperación Científica con Iberoamérica 2000
Duration: 2000-2002
Principal Investigator: E. Herrera.

Role of dietary fatty acids and the peroxisomal proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) insulin resistance and diabetes predisposition in pregnancy
Support: Comunidad de Madrid, 08.6/0023/2000:
Duration: 2001-2003.
Principal Investigator: Emilio Herrera..


Original Papers:

  1. E. Herrera, C. Muñoz, P. López-Luna and P. Ramos. Carbohydrate-lipidic interactions during gestation and its control by insulin. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 27, 2499-2519, 1994.
  2. H. Esterbauer, S. Gieseg, A. Giessau, O. Ziouzenkova and P.Ramos. Free radicals and oxidative modification of LDL Role of natural antioxidants. Atherosclerosis X, 203-208,1995.
  3. P.Ramos and E.Herrera. Effect of prolonged glucose infusion on insulin sensitivity in the concious normal rat. Horm.Metab.Res. 27, 197-200, 1995.
  4. P.Ramos, S.P.Gieseg, B. Schuster and H.Esterbauer. Temperature dependence of copper-mediated oxidation of low density lipoprotein. J.Lipid Res. 36, 2113-2128, 1995.
  5. H. Esterbauer and P. Ramos. Chemistry and pathophysiology of oxidation of LDL. Rev.Physiol.Biochem.Pharmacol. 127, 31-64, 1996.
  6. P.Ramos and E.Herrera. Reversion of insulin resistance in the rat during late pregnancy by 72-h glucose infusion. Am.J.Physiol. 269: E858-E863, 1995.
  7. P.Ramos and E.Herrera. Comparative responsiveness to prolonged hyperinsulinemia between adipose tissue and mammary gland lipoprotein lipase activities in pregnant rats. Early Pregnancy: Biology and Medicine, 2: 29-35, 1996.
  8. O.Ziouzenkova, S.P.Gieseg, P. Ramos and H. Esterbauer. Factors affecting resistance of LDL to oxidation. Lipids 31, S71-S76, 1996.
  9. W.Sattler, H.Reicher, P. Ramos, U.Panzenboeck, M.Hayn, H. Esterbauer, E.Malle and G.Kostner. Preparation of fatty acid methyl esters from lipoprotein and macrophage lipid subclasses on thin-layer plates. Lipids, 31, 1303-1310, 1996.
  10. M. Kveder, G.Pifat, S. Pecar, M.Schara, P.Ramos and H. Esterbauer. Nitroxide reduction with ascorbic acid in spin labeled human plasma LDL and VLDL. Chem Phys. Lipids 85, 1-12, 1997.
  11. M. Kveder, G.Pifat, S. Pecar, M.Schara, P.Ramos and H. Esterbauer. The interaction of lower alcohols with apo B in spin labeled human plasma low density lipoproteins (LDL). Chem Phys. Lipids 87,125-135, 1997.
  12. R. Albertini, P. Ramos, A. Giessauf, A. Passi, G. De Luca, H. Esterbauer. Chondroitin 4-sulphate exhibits inhibitory effect during Cu2+- mediated LDL oxidation. FEBS Lett. 403, 154-158, 1997.
  13. A.R. Bergmann, P. Ramos, H.Esterbauer and B.M.Winklhofer-Roob. a-tocopherol can be substituted for by trolox in determination of kinetic parameters of LDL oxidizability by copper. J.Lipid Res. 38, 2580-2588, 1997.
  14. J.M. Carrascosa, P. Ramos, J.C. Molero y E. Herrera. Changes in the kinase activity of the insulin receptor account for an increased insulin sensitivity of mammary gland in late pregnancy. Endocrinol. 139, 520-526, 1998.
  15. O. Ziouzenkova, A. Sevanian, P. Abuja, P. Ramos, H. Esterbauer. Copper can promote oxidation of LDL by markedly different mechanism. Free Rad. Biol. Med., 24(4): 607-623, 1998.
  16. G. Jeglitsch, P. Ramos, A. Encabo, H.A. Tritthart, H. Esterbauer, K. Grosner, W. Schreibmayer. The cardiac acetylcholine-activated, inwardly rectifying K+-channel subunit GIRK1 gives rise to an inward current induced by free oxygen radicals Free Rad. Biol. Med., 26(3-4): 253-259, 1999.
  17. P. Ramos, A. Martín-Hidalgo, E. Herrera. Insulin-induced upregulation of lipoprotein lipase mRNA and activity in mammary gland. Endocrinol. 140 (3): 1089-93, 1999.
  18. P. Klatt, J. Cacho, M.D. Crespo,E. Herrera, P. Ramos. Nitric oxide inhibits isoproterenol-stimulated lipolysis through oxidative inactivation of the b-agonist. Biochem. J. 351 (2): 485-493, 2000.
  19. M.P.Ramos, M.D. Crespo-Solans, S. del Campo, J. Cacho, E. Herrera. Fat accumulation in the rat during early pregnancy is modulated by insulin responsiveness. Am.J.Physiol. (in press)

Book Chapters:

  1. E. Herrera, P.Ramos and A.Martín. Control by insulin of adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity during late gestation in the rat. Frontiers in Diabetes Research. Lessons from animal diabetes III., cap.XI.6.; 551-554, Ed.E.Shafrir, Londres. 1991
  2. Martin A.; Ramos P. and Herrera . Modulation of lipoprotein lipase activity in adipose tissue during late pregnancy. Physiologic Basic of Perinatal Care. 117-123, Ediciones Ergón S.A. Madrid, 1993.
  3. E.Herrera; P.Ramos; P. López-Luna; M.A.Lasunción. Metabolic interactions during pregnancy and in preparation for lactation. Dairy Products in Human Health and Nutrition, 189-197, ed. Serrano Ríos et al. Editorial Balkema, Rotterdam, 1994.
  4. H. Esterbauer, S.Gieseg, A. Giessauf, O.Ziouzenkova and P.Ramos. Role of natural antioxidants in inhibiting copper mediated oxidations of LDL. Free radicals, lipoprotein oxidation and atherosclerosis, 11-26, ed. G. Bellomo, G. Finardi, E. Maggi and C. Rice-Evans. Richelieu Press, London, 1995.


Published Abstracts:

  1. 1. Ramos P.; Herrera E.: Efecto de la insulina en las actividades de la lipoproteína lipasa de distintos tejidos en la rata. Clinica e Investigación en Arterosclerosis. Vol.2, pp 33 (1990).
  2. P.Ramos; A.Martín; E.Herrera: Papel de la insulina en el control de la actividad lipoproteína lipasa del tejido adiposo durante la gestación. Avances en Diabetología Vol.3.pp 32. (1990).
  3. E.Herrera; P.Ramos: Continuous hyperinsulinemia reverts insulin resistance in the rat during late gestation. Diabetologia Vol.34, pp A197. (1991).
  4. E. Herrera; P.Ramos: Insulin Resistance during late gestation is responsible for low lipoprotein lipase activity in maternal adipose tissue. Diabetes 40, pp 138A. (1991).
  5. P.Ramos; A.Martín; E.Herrera: Role of insulin on lipoprotein lipase activity in mammary gland during gestation in the rat. Diabetologia 35. 177A (1992).
  6. E. Herrera, P. Ramos, L. Blanco and A.Martín: Enhanced response to insulin in mammary gland during late gestation in the rat. Diabetologia Vol.36, A167 (1993). A. Martín-Hidalgo, P. Ramos and E. Herrera. Hyperinsulinemia enhances lipoprotein lipase activity and mRNA expression in both adipose tissue and mammary gland of pregnant rats. Diabetologia 39, A163 (1996).
  7. Herrera E., Amusquivar E., Cacho J., Ramos P., Expresión de receptores b3-adrenérgicos en adipocitos de ratas preñadas y papel de la insulina y los ácidos grasos de la dieta en su respuesta lipolítica. Endocrinología 46, 12 (1999)
  8. Ramos P., M.D. Crespo, Herrera E., b3-Adrenoceptor expression in white adipose tissue during pregnancy. Biochemie 81, s-306 (1999).
  9. Herrera E., M.D. Crespo, Ramos P. b3-Adrenoceptors in adipose tissue are modulated by hyperinsulinemia and insulin sensitivity during pregnancy. Diabetologia 43, A-215 (2000).
  10. M.V. Cano, L. Ezquerra, M.P. Ramos, M. Ruiz-Gayo. Cholecystokinin differently regulates insulin release in fed and fasted rats. Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology 24, A-157 (2002).

 

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Encarnación Amusquivar


Born in Madrid (Spain), 25th April 1970


Current position:
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry,
Faculty of Experimental and Health Sciences,
Universidad San Pablo CEU,
Madrid, Spain.


Academic and research activities:
Degree in Food Science and Technology, Universidad del País Vasco (1988-1992).
Master´s degree in Clinical Nutrition, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1994.
PhD in Food Science and Techonology, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, 2001.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, from 1999.


Prizes and research distinctions:
Research award of Fundación San Pablo-CEU as participant in ‘Biochemistry and Metabolism Group’, 1999.
PhD Thesis award of Universidad San Pablo-CEU, 2002.
Research award (as supervisor), Cátedra Leche Pascual, 2002.


Original Papers:
1. E. Amusquivar, E. Herrera. “Efecto de variaciones en el contenido graso de la dieta de la rata durante la gestación sobre el perfil de ácidos grasos en plasma materno y fetal”.Nutr Hosp. (1999) XIV (3) 114-119.
2. E. Herrera, E. Amusquivar, J. Cacho. “Changes in Dietary Fatty Acids Modify the Decreased Lipolytic b3-Adrenergic Response to Hiperinsulinemia in Adipocytes from Pregnant and Nonpregnant Rats”. Metabolism (2000); 49:1180-1187.
3. E. Herrera, E. Amusquivar. “Lipid metabolism in the fetus and the newborn”. Diabetes Metab Res Rev (2000); 16: 202-210.
4. E. Amusquivar, F.J. Rupérez, C. Barbas, E. Herrera. “Low arachidonic acid rather than a-tocopherol is responsible for the delayed postnatal development in offspring of rats fed fish oil instead of olive oil during pregnancy and lactation”. J Nutr (2000); 130 :2855-2865.
5. E. Amusquivar, E. Herrera: Influence of changes in dietary fatty acids during pregnancy on placental and fetal fatty acid profile in the rat. Biol. Neonate (2003); 83: 136-145.
6. E. Amusquivar, E. Herrera: Influencia de los ácidos grasos de la dieta en su distribución entre las lipoproteínas circulantes y en su asequibilidad al feto en la rata preñada. Clin Invest Arterioscl 2003,15(3):91-8.

Presentations to scientific congresses (Abstracts): 27


Current Scientific Projects:
Insulin, dietary fatty acids and peroxisomal proliferator activated receptors (PPARs): interactions in pregnancy and perinatal development
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