Carles Lerin Martinez
Jefe de Grupo Senior
Research group
Carlos Lerín graduated in Biochemistry in 1997 of the University of Barcelona and obtained his Doctor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology degree in 2002 ofthe University of Barcelona.
Between 2003 and 2007, he completed a postdoctoral stay at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore, MS, USA) where he studied, through experimental models, the molecular mechanisms that regulate lipid and glucidic metabolism in mammals. Subsequently, the Joslin Diabetes Center-Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA, USA) deepened, through human studies, the knowledge on the mechanisms involved in the development of insulin resistance, obesity, and risk of type 2 diabetes.
Since 2013 he is a Researcher of the Endocrinology Service of the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital. Currently, together with Dr. Josep Carles Jiménez Chillarón, he leads the research group in Pediatric Metabolic Diseases · Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu. He is a principal investigator of 2 lines of research:
- Influence of the composition of breast milk on the risk of childhood obesity
- Development of new strategies for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.
Last Publications
- Díaz-Silva M, Mestres-Arenas A, Lerin C, Cereijo R, López-Bermejo A, de Zegher F, Villarroya-Gombau F and Ibañez-Toda L Circulating progranulin in human infants: relation to prenatal growth and early postnatal nutrition PEDIATRIC RESEARCH . 94(3): 1189-1194.
- Bäuerl C, Zulaica J, Rusu L, Moreno AR, Pérez-Cano FJ, Lerin C, Mena-Tudela D, Aguilar-Camprubí L, Parra-Llorca A, Martínez-Costa C, Geller R and Collado MC Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing from convalescent and vaccinated mothers iScience . 26(6): 106802-106802.
- Ribas-Aulinas, F, Ribó-Gené S, Casas, E, Mourin-Fernández M, Ramon-Krauel M, Díaz-Naderi R, Lerin C, Kalko, SG, Vavouri, T and Jimenez-Chillaron JC Intergenerational Inheritance of Hepatic Steatosis in a Mouse Model of Childhood Obesity: Potential Involvement of Germ-Line microRNAs Nutrients . 15(5): .
Projects
- Project name:
- Role of microbial metabolites in regulating hypothalamic pathways involved in feeding behavior
- Leader
- Carles Lerin Martinez
- Funding entities:
- Foundation for Prader-Willi Research
- Code
- PFE00116
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2024
- Project name:
- SGR 2022-2024_Malaties metabòliques d'origen pediàtric
- Leader
- Carles Lerin Martinez
- Funding entities:
- Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- Code
- 2021 SGR 00661
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2025
- Project name:
- Investigo 2022_Dr. Carles Lerin
- Leader
- Carles Lerin Martinez
- Funding entities:
- Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- Code
- 100031TC4
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2024
News
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IRSJD researchers have discovered an intergenerational inheritance mechanism in mouse models of childhood obesity
A study led by Dr. Josep Jiménez-Chillaron, a researcher at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu and the University of Barcelona, suggests that hepatic steatosis could be intergenerationally inherited through paternal germ line microRNAs. Hepatic steatosis is a condition that is associated with childhood obesity. The results of this study have been published in the scientific journal Nutrients.
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Human milk from women infected and vaccinated for coronavirus has antibodies against COVID-19
Human milk from infected women and vaccinated for coronavirus has antibodies against COVID-19, according to two published studies in the medRxiv repository and launched by the scientific consortium MilkCorona,
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Supplementing the maternal diet with betaine during lactation may reduce the risk of childhood obesity
Decreased levels of betaine in breast milk are associated with accelerated growth in babies during the first few months of life, a risk factor for childhood obesity. Study led by a research team from the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu and SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital, published in the scientific journal Science Translational Medicine.
More activities
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