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Alex Rafacho

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2007

Active since

Affiliations

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina(Current)

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Universidade de São Paulo

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas

Alex Rafacho is an author at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina specializing in medicine, physiology, and health sciences.

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Publications per year

2007–2023

54

Publications

54

A role for the putative cannabinoid receptor GPR55 in the islets of Langerhans

Silvana‐Yanina Romero‐Zerbo, Alex Rafacho, Adenis Díaz–Arteaga et al. · Journal of Endocrinology · 2011 · 116 citations · Full text

High doses of dexamethasone induce increased β-cell proliferation in pancreatic rat islets

Alex Rafacho, Tânia Mary Cestari, Sebastião Roberto Taboga et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2009 · 103 citations

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Functional Alterations in Endocrine Pancreas of Rats With Different Degrees of Dexamethasone-Induced Insulin Resistance

Alex Rafacho, Vanessa A.G. Giozzet, Antônio C. Boschero et al. · Pancreas · 2008 · 83 citations

Exercise training prevents hyperinsulinemia, muscular glycogen loss and muscle atrophy induced by dexamethasone treatment

Matheus Barel, Otávio André Brogin Perez, Vanessa A.G. Giozzet et al. · European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2009 · 80 citations

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Glucocorticoids in Vivo Induce Both Insulin Hypersecretion and Enhanced Glucose Sensitivity of Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Isolated Rat Islets

Alex Rafacho, Laura Marroquí, Sebastião Roberto Taboga et al. · Endocrinology · 2009 · 77 citations · Full text

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