Nicola Santoro MD, PhD
Associate Research Scientist in Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
Departments & Organizations
2012 YCCI Scholars
Pediatrics: Pediatric Endocrinology
Research Interests
Childhood obesity, hepatic steatosis, dyslipidemia. more...
Education
- M.D., Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli, 1999
- Ph.D., Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli, 2008
Selected Publications
- Santoro N, Feldstein AE, Enoksson E, Pierpont B, Kursawe R, Kim G, Caprio S. The association between hepatic fat content and liver injury in obese children and adolescents: effects of ethnicity, insulin resistance and common gene variants. Diabetes Care 2013; 36: 1353-60.
- Santoro N, Zhang CK, Zhao H, Pakstis AJ, Kim G, Kursawe R, Dykas DJ, Bale AE, Giannini C, Pierpont B, Shaw MM, Groop L, Caprio S. A Variant in the Glucokinase Regulatory Protein (GCKR) Gene is Associated with Fatty Liver in Obese Children and Adolescents. Hepatology 2012; 55:781-789
- Santoro N, Kursawe R, D’Adamo E, Dykas DJ, Zhang CK, Bale AE, Cali’ A, Narayan D,Shaw MM, Pierpont B, Savoye M, Lartaud D, Eldrich S, Cushman SW, Zhao H, Shulman GI, Caprio S. A Common Variant in the Patatin-Like Phopholipase 3 Gene (PNPLA3) is Associated with Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children and Adolescents. Hepatology 2010; 52: 1281-90.
