Location

MEDIR – Metabolic Diseases Research Group NOVA Medical Research Nutrição e Metabolismo – AA: Nutrição e Estilos de Vida Rua Câmara Pestana, nº 6, 6A e 6B, Lab 3.8, Piso 3 1150-082 Lisboa PORTUGAL

Rita Patarrão

Professor Professor Auxiliar
Assistant Professor

Graduated in Biochemistry in 2000 (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon) and PhD in Life Sciences in 2010 (Nova Medical School, New University of Lisbon).   
Since 2004, I’m assistant professor at Nova Medical School, New University of Lisbon in the nutrition and metabolism field.   
I have been working on the field of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism for the past years. Special attention is given to the field of metabolic disorders, specifically on the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the progression from prediabetes to diabetes. I have been involved in clinical research projects and developing project management skills. I have been working on the genetics approach of prediabetes, diabetes and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) having a series of genotyping technical skills. 

Rita S. Patarrão, Nádia Duarte, Inês Coelho, Joey Ward, Rogério T. Ribeiro, Maria João Meneses, Rita Andrade, João Costa, Isabel Correia, José Manuel Boavida, Rui Duarte, Luís Gardete-Correia, José Luís Medina, Jill Pell, John Petrie, João F. Raposo, M. Paula Macedo, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves, Prediabetes Blunts CD26/DPP4 Genetic Control of Postprandial and Insulin Secretion, Diabetologia (2021)

Diego O. Borges, Rita S. Patarrão, Rogério T. Ribeiro, Rita Machado de Oliveira, Nádia Duarte, Getachew Debas Belew, Madalena Martins, Rita Andrade, João Costa, Isabel Correia, José Manuel Boavida, Rui Duarte, Luís Gardete-Correia, José Luís Medina, João F. Raposo, John G. Jones, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves and M. Paula Macedo, Loss of postprandial insulin clearance control by Insulin-Degrading Enzyme drives dysmetabolism traits, Metabolism, 154735 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2021.154735

Sousa-Lima I, Fernandes AB, Rita S. Patarrão, Kim YB and Macedo MP, S-Nitrosoglutathione Reverts Dietary Sucrose-Induced Insulin Resistance. Antioxidants (Basel). 9(9):870 (2020). doi: 10.3390/antiox9090870 Pina AF, Rita S. Patarrão, Ribeiro RT, Penha-Gonçalves C, Raposo JF, Gardete-Correia L, Duarte R, M Boavida J, L Medina J, Henriques R and Macedo MP, Metabolic Footprint, towards Understanding Type 2 Diabetes beyond Glycemia. J Clin Med, 9(8):2588 (2020). doi: 10.3390/jcm9082588.

Rita S. Patarrão, W. Wayne Lautt and M. Paula Macedo, Acute glucagon induces postprandial peripheral insulin resistance. PLoS One, 10(5): 1-16 (2015). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127221

N. Duarte, I. C. Coelho, Rita S. Patarrão, J. I. Almeida, C. Penha-Gonçalves and M. P. Macedo, How inflammation impinges on NAFLD: a role for Kupffer cells. Biomed Res Int. (2015). doi: 10.1155/2015/984578

Macedo MP, Lima IS, Gaspar JM, Afonso RA, Rita S. Patarrão, Kim YB & Ribeiro RT, Risk of postprandial insulin resistance: The liver/vagus rapport. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 15 (1): 67-77 (2014). doi: 10.1007/s11154-013-9281-5.

Pinto P, Barbara C, Montserrat JM, Patarrão RS, Guarino MP, Carmo MM, Macedo MP, Martinho C, Dias R & Gomes MJ, Effects of CPAP on nitrate and norepinephrine levels in severe and mild-moderate sleep apnea. BMC Pulm Med. 13, 13 (2013). doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-13-13

Rita S. Patarrão, W. Wayne Lautt, Ricardo A. Afonso, Rogério T. Ribeiro, Ana B. Fernandes, José M. Boavida and M. Paula Macedo, Postprandial but not fasting insulin resistance is an early identifier of dysmetabolism in overweight subjects. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 90: 923-931 (2012). doi: 10.1139/y2012-086

Ricardo A. Afonso, Ana B. Fernandes, Celina Santos, Dário Ligeiro, Inês S. Lima, Rita S. Patarrão, Paula A. Videira, Jorge Caldeira and M. Paula Macedo, Postprandial insulin resistance in zucker diabetic fatty rats is associated with parasympathetic-no axis deficiencies. J Neuroendocrinol. 24: 1346-1355 (2012). doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02341.x

Ana B. Fernandes, Rita S. Patarrão, Paula A. Videira and M. Paula Macedo, Understanding postprandial glucose clearance by peripheral organs: the role of the hepatic parasympathetic system. J Neuroendocrinol, 23(12): 1288-1295 (2011). doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02226.x

Rita S. Patarrão, W. Wayne Lautt, Maria P. Guarino, Ricardo A. Afonso, Rogério T. Ribeiro, Ana B. Fernandes, José M. Boavida and M. Paula Macedo, Meal-induced insulin sensitisation and its parasympathetic regulation in humans. Can J Physiol Pharmacol, 86: 880-888 (2008). doi: 10.1139/Y08-080.

Rita S. Patarrão, W. Wayne Lautt, Maria P. Guarino, Ricardo A. Afonso, Rogério T. Ribeiro, Ana B. Fernandes, José M. Boavida and M. Paula Macedo, A new technique to assess insulin sensitivity in humans: the rapid insulin sensitivity test (RIST). Proc West Pharmacol Soc, 50: 105-109 (2007).

ORCID 0000-0001-8701-2917 Ciência ID F610-2509-AA58