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Maria Febbraio
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Latest papers
Simulated microgravity models sex differences in knee osteoarthritis through a CD36-regulated mechano-metabolic circuit.
Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026
Endothelial CD36 mediates Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced insulin resistance and vascular aging via mitochondrial dysfunction.
Free radical biology & medicine · 2026 · senior author
Selective Azapeptide CD36 Ligand MPE-298 Regulates oxLDL-LOX-1-Mediated Inflammation and Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Macrophages.
Cells · 2025
Latest funding
- $105,000
The Role of Loricrin In Aggressive Periodontitis
CIHR · 2017 · Supervisor
- $186,000
Mechanism of Fatty Acid Uptake by CD36
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
The significance of Bone Morphogenetic Protein signaling in development and homeostasis of the adult tooth complex and its role in periodontal disease.
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
51 publications.
Simulated microgravity models sex differences in knee osteoarthritis through a CD36-regulated mechano-metabolic circuit.
Ma Z, Lin H, Young D, Ansari A, Kunze M, Mulet-Sierra A, Febbraio M, Graf D, Dufour A, Adesida AB
Endothelial CD36 mediates Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced insulin resistance and vascular aging via mitochondrial dysfunction.
Chen Y, Zhang X, Huang S, Febbraio M
Selective Azapeptide CD36 Ligand MPE-298 Regulates oxLDL-LOX-1-Mediated Inflammation and Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Macrophages.
Mulumba M, Le C, Schelsohn E, Namkung Y, Laporte SA, Febbraio M, Servant MJ, Chemtob S, Lubell WD, Marleau S, Ong H
Ischemic Conditioning Promotes Transneuronal Survival and Stroke Recovery via CD36-Mediated Efferocytosis.
Ju H, Kim ID, Pavlova I, Mu S, Park KW, Minkler J, Madkoor A, Wang W, Wang X, Wu Z, Yang J, Febbraio M, Cave JW, Cho S
Author Correction: Absence of CD36 alters systemic vitamin A homeostasis.
Trites MJ, Febbraio M, Clugston RD
Endothelial Stiffening Induced by CD36-Mediated Lipid Uptake Leads to Endothelial Barrier Disruption and Contributes to Atherosclerotic Lesions.
Aguilar V, Le Master E, Paul A, Ahn SJ, Lazarko D, Febbraio M, Mehta D, Lee JC, Levitan I
Hidden features: CD36/SR-B2, a master regulator of macrophage phenotype/function through metabolism.
Chen Y, Zhang X, Huang S, Febbraio M
Mitochondrial biogenesis disorder and oxidative damage promote refractory apical periodontitis in rat and human.
Wang J, Chen Y, Yuan H, Zhang X, Febbraio M, Pan Y, Huang S, Liu Z
DNA methylation changes underlie the long-term association between periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Omar M, Alexiou M, Rekhi UR, Lehmann K, Bhardwaj A, Delyea C, Elahi S, Febbraio M
Loricrin and Cytokeratin Disorganisation in Severe Forms of Periodontitis.
Catunda RQ, Ho KK, Patel S, Roy CB, Alexiou M, Levin L, Ulrich BJ, Kaplan MH, Febbraio M
The Role of Loricrin In Aggressive Periodontitis
Principal investigators: Catunda, Raisa Q
Keywords: Aggressive Periodontitis; Cornified Envelope; Epithelial Barrier; Loricrin
Mechanism of Fatty Acid Uptake by CD36
Principal investigators: Febbraio, Maria
The significance of Bone Morphogenetic Protein signaling in development and homeostasis of the adult tooth complex and its role in periodontal disease.
Principal investigators: Graf, Daniel
Keywords: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Gene Reporting; Hard Tissue Histology; Mouse Genetics; Periodontal Development And Homeostasis; Periodontal Disease; Tooth Biology; µCt
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Sylvain Chemtob and Pierre Hardy: 16 shared papers
- Sylvie Marleau and Maria Febbraio: 3 shared papers
- Sylvain Chemtob and Maria Febbraio: 2 shared papers
- Shokrollah Elahi and Maria Febbraio: 2 shared papers
- Khaled Altabtbaei and Carlos Flores-Mir: 2 shared papers
- Maria Febbraio and Raisa Catunda: 2 shared papers
- Maria Febbraio and Umar Rekhi: 2 shared papers
- Dawn Bowdish and Bryan Heit: 1 shared paper
- Dawn Bowdish and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Bryan Heit and Gregory Fairn: 1 shared paper
- Bryan Heit and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Bryan Heit and Hoon-Ki Sung: 1 shared paper
- Sylvain Chemtob and Sylvie Marleau: 1 shared paper
- Sylvain Chemtob and Simon-Pierre Gravel: 1 shared paper
- Gregory Fairn and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Gregory Fairn and Hoon-Ki Sung: 1 shared paper
- Yan Burelle and Sylvie Marleau: 1 shared paper
- Yan Burelle and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Shokrollah Elahi and Antoine Dufour: 1 shared paper
- Pierre Hardy and Sylvie Marleau: 1 shared paper
- Pierre Hardy and Simon-Pierre Gravel: 1 shared paper
- Pierre Hardy and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Antoine Dufour and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Antoine Dufour and Daniel Graf: 1 shared paper
- Sylvie Marleau and Simon-Pierre Gravel: 1 shared paper
- Simon-Pierre Gravel and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Khaled Altabtbaei and Maria Febbraio: 1 shared paper
- Khaled Altabtbaei and Umar Rekhi: 1 shared paper
- Maria Febbraio and Carlos Flores-Mir: 1 shared paper
- Maria Febbraio and Daniel Graf: 1 shared paper
- Maria Febbraio and Hoon-Ki Sung: 1 shared paper
- Raisa Catunda and Umar Rekhi: 1 shared paper
- Raisa Catunda and Carlos Flores-Mir: 1 shared paper
- Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
- Pediatrics
- Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Biochemistry
- Translational Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Sylvie Marleau
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2020
Raisa Catunda
Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Umar Rekhi
Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Sylvain Chemtob
Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Shokrollah Elahi
Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Daniel Graf
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Carlos Flores-Mir
Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Hoon-Ki Sung
Translational Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Yan Burelle
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Pierre Hardy
Pédiatrie
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Antoine Dufour
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Simon-Pierre Gravel
Faculté de pharmacie
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Dawn Bowdish
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Khaled Altabtbaei
Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Bryan Heit
Microbiology and Immunology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Gregory Fairn
Department of Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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