Claudia Vianna, PhD

Instructor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

claudia.vianna@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Sao Paulo - Brazil (2003)
UndergraduateUniversity of Sao Paulo - Brazil (1994)

Research Interests

Function of Cannabinoid receptors in energy metabolism
Regulation of energy metabolism and homeostasis

Publications

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Defects in adaptive energy metabolism with CNS-linked hyperactivity in PGC1alpha null mice

Lin J, Wu PH, Tarr PT, Lindenberg KS, St-Pierre J, Zhang CY, Mootha VK, Jager S, Vianna CR et al. , Cell , October 2004; (119(1)):121-135

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Uncoupling protein 1 and 3 are regulated differently

Hagen T, Zhang CY, Vianna CR, Lowell BB. , Biochemistry , May 2000; (39(19)):5845-5851

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Hypomorphic mutation of PGC1beta causes mitochondrial dysfunction and liver insulin resistance

Vianna CR et al. , Cell Metabolism , December 2006; (4(6)):453-464

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Cloning and functional characterization of an uncoupling protein homolog in hummingbirds

Vianna CR et al. , Physiol. Genomics , April 2001; (5(3)):137-145

Glucose sensing by POMC neurons regulates glucose homeostasis and is impaired in obesity

Parton LE, Ye CP, Coppari R, Enrioni PJ, Choi B, Zhang CY, Xu C, Vianna CR et al. , Nature , September 2007; (449 (7159)):228-232

Hypomorphic mutation in PGC1beta causes mitochondrial dysfunction and liver insulin resistance

Vianna, CR et al. , Cell Metabolism , December 2006; (4(6)):453-464