Detail

Keywords

Lipid Metabolism; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Research group(s)

• Substrate Metabolism
  Members:
  Michael Krebs
  Martin Krssak
  Ivica Just
  Pfleger Lorenz
• Gender Medicine Unit
  Head: Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
  Members:
  Teresa Gisinger
  Carola Deischinger
  Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
  Michael Leutner
  Ivica Just

Research interests

Non invasive assessment of ectopic lipid accumulation in skeletal muscle, liver, pancreas and myocardium by magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging.

Skeletal and lipid metabolismc. Whole body imaging.

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Cooperation with High Field MR Centre.

Selected publications

1. Just Kukurová, I. et al. (2015) ‘Improved spectral resolution and high reliability of in vivo 1 H MRS at 7 T allow the characterization of the effect of acute exercise on carnosine in skeletal muscle’, NMR in Biomedicine, 29(1), pp. 24–32. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nbm.3447.
2. Harreiter, J. et al. (2024) ‘Sex differences in ectopic lipid deposits and cardiac function across a wide range of glycemic control: a secondary analysis’, Obesity, 32(12), pp. 2299–2309. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24153.
3. Just, I. and Krššák, M. (2023) ‘Skeletal muscle fat’, Visceral and Ectopic Fat, pp. 149–167. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822186-0.00019-5.