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  1. Early Improvement in Cardiac Autonomic Modulation After a Recreational Physical Training Program in Healthy Children

    Article • Pediatric Cardiology, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Evelim LFD Gomes, Maria Franco

  2. Curcuma longa improves endothelial glycocalyx integrity and redox-inflammatory pathways in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

    Article • Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  3. A tertiary care study on the effectiveness of moderate weight loss on heart rate variability frequency-domain components in obese patients at high cardiovascular risk

    Article • Einstein (São Paulo), January 2026, Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein

    Maria Franco

  4. Effects of dialysis therapies on circulating levels of endothelial markers after kidney transplant in children: focus on positive aspect of peritoneal dialysis

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  5. Childhood obesity and early blood vessel damage

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  6. Suicide attempts among the homeless population and associated factors

    Article • Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, January 2025, Acta Paulista de Enfermagem

    Maria Franco

  7. Tentativas de suicídio na população em situação de rua e fatores associados

    Article • Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, January 2025, Acta Paulista de Enfermagem

    Maria Franco

  8. Cardiovascular Risk in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients

    Article • Pediatric Transplantation, August 2024, Wiley

    Maria Franco

  9. Alimentação Saudável, Agricultura Urbana e Familiar

    Article • Estudos Avançados, December 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Maria Franco

  10. Treatment with topiramate in rats during childhood causes testicular structural impairment at adulthood

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, November 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Maria Franco

  11. COVID-19: Impact in endothelial function and therapy with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

    Article • Magna Scientia UCEVA, October 2021, Unidad Central del Valle del Cauca

    Maria Franco

  12. Psychological distress, low-income, and socio-economic vulnerability in the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Public Health, October 2021, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  13. Emerging evidence for the opposite role of circulating irisin levels and brown adipose tissue activity measured by infrared thermography in anthropometric and metabolic profile during childhood

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, July 2021, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  14. Low birth weight and its relation to physical fitness parameters in children: Its negative effect on muscle strength and cardiorespiratory endurance

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, March 2021, Wiley

    Maria Franco

  15. Polymorphism of the bradykinin type 2 receptor gene modulates blood pressure profile and microvascular function in prepubescent children

    Article • Peptides, March 2021, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  16. High prevalence of food insecurity, the adverse impact of COVID-19 in Brazilian favela

    Article • August 2020, openRxiv

    Maria Franco

  17. Is low birth weight an additional risk factor for hypertension in paediatric patients after kidney transplantation?

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, August 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Maria Franco

  18. Mitochondrial DNA: A new driver for sex differences in spontaneous hypertension

    Article • Pharmacological Research, June 2019, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  19. Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Article • Nature, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Stevo Popovic, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong, Giovanni Veronesi, Maria Franco

  20. Detrimental Impact of Low Birth Weight on Circulating Number and Functional Capacity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Healthy Children: Role of Angiogenic Factors

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, March 2019, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  21. Tonin Overexpression in Mice Diminishes Sympathetic Autonomic Modulation and Alters Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Response

    Article • Frontiers in Medicine, January 2019, Frontiers

    Maria Franco

  22. Beneficial Impact of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Program on Circulating Number and Functional Capacity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Children: The Crucial Role of Nitric Oxide and VEGF-A

    Article • Pediatric Exercise Science, January 2019, Human Kinetics

    Maria Franco

  23. Predictors of depression and anxiety during adolescence: the impact of birth weight

    Article • Minerva Pediatrica, October 2018, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Maria Franco

  24. High irisin levels in overweight/obese children and its positive correlation with metabolic profile, blood pressure, and endothelial progenitor cells

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, July 2018, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  25. Estado nutricional e condições ambientais e de saúde de crianças Pataxó, Minas Gerais, Brasil

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, June 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Maria Franco

  26. Up-regulation of renal renin–angiotensin system and inflammatory mechanisms in the prenatal programming by low-protein diet: beneficial effect of the post-weaning losartan treatment

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, May 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Maria Franco

  27. Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof. Maciej Banach, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Giovanni Veronesi, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong, Maria Franco

  28. Nandrolone combined with strenuous resistance training reduces vascular nitric oxide bioavailability and impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilation

    Article • Steroids, March 2018, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  29. Implication of galanin gene rs948854 polymorphism in depressive symptoms in adolescents

    Article • Hormones and Behavior, January 2018, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  30. Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents with High Birth Weight

    Article • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, January 2018, Karger Publishers

    Maria Franco

  31. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Article • The Lancet, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof. Maciej Banach, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr. Stevo Popovic, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Sok King Ong, Maria Franco

  32. Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing in Brazilian Children With Nephrotic Syndrome Submitted to Renal Transplant

    Article • Transplantation, December 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Franco

  33. Intrauterine growth restriction-induced deleterious adaptations in endothelial progenitor cells: possible mechanism to impair endothelial function

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, July 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Maria Franco

  34. The antioxidant effects of green tea reduces blood pressure and sympathoexcitation in an experimental model of hypertension

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, February 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Franco

  35. Birth Weight and Its Relationship with the Cardiac Autonomic Balance in Healthy Children

    Article • PLOS One, January 2017, PLOS

    Maria Franco

  36. Moderate Resistance Training Attenuates the Increase in Blood Pressure and Decreases the Cardiomyocyte Nuclei Number in Hypertensive Rats

    Article • January 2017, GN1 Genesis Network

    Dr Adriana Ferraz Carbonel, Maria Franco

  37. Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Maria Franco

  38. Intrauterine growth restriction increases circulating mitochondrial DNA and Toll-like receptor 9 expression in adult offspring: could aerobic training counteract these adaptations?

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, December 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Maria Franco

  39. A century of trends in adult human height

    Article • eLife, July 2016, eLife

    DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Giovanni Veronesi, Axel Carlsson, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Maria Franco

  40. Family history of cardiovascular disease and non-HDL cholesterol in prepubescent non-obese children

    Article • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, July 2016, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Maria Franco

  41. Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Giovanni Veronesi, Maria Franco

  42. Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, Axel Carlsson, Maria Franco

  43. Body mass index, adipokines and insulin resistance in asthmatic children and adolescents

    Article • Journal of Asthma, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Franco

  44. Serum Endocan Levels Associated with Hypertension and Loss of Renal Function in Pediatric Patients after Two Years from Renal Transplant

    Article • International Journal of Nephrology, January 2016, Wiley

    Maria Franco

  45. Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: a pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331 288 participants

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Panza, Professor Yousef Khader, Maria Franco

  46. Influence of Aerobic Training on the Reduced Vasoconstriction to Angiotensin II in Rats Exposed to Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Possible Role of Oxidative Stress and AT2 Receptor of Angiotensin II

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Maria Franco

  47. Modification of Epigenetic Patterns in Low Birth Weight Children: Importance of Hypomethylation of the ACE Gene Promoter

    Article • PLOS One, August 2014, PLOS

    Maria Franco

  48. Impact of nutritional recovery with linear growth on the concentrations of adipokines in undernourished children living in Brazilian slums

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, July 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Vinicius José Baccin Martins, Maria Franco

  49. Does low birth weight affect the presence of cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight and obese children?

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  50. Association of adipokines with cardiovascular risk factors in low birth weight children: a case–control study

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  51. Association of ACE Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism With Birth Weight, Blood Pressure Levels, and ACE Activity in Healthy Children

    Article • American Journal of Hypertension, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Franco

  52. Implications of maternal nutrient restriction in transgenerational programming of hypertension and endothelial dysfunction across F1–F3 offspring

    Article • Life Sciences, April 2012, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  53. N-Domain Isoform of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme as a Marker of Hypertension: Populational Study

    Article • International Journal of Hypertension, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Jose Krieger, Maria Franco

  54. Influence of Birth Weight on the Renal Development and Kidney Diseases in Adulthood: Experimental and Clinical Evidence

    Article • International Journal of Nephrology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Maria Franco

  55. Long-Lasting Effects of Undernutrition

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2011, MDPI AG

    Maria Franco

  56. Sleep Restriction during Pregnancy: Hypertension and Renal Abnormalities in Young Offspring Rats

    Article • SLEEP, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Franco

  57. Leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and Wilms tumor in childhood: the role of birth weight

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  58. Abnormalities in Metalloproteinase Pathways and IGF-I Axis: A Link Between Birth Weight, Hypertension, and Vascular Damage in Childhood

    Article • American Journal of Hypertension, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Franco

  59. Cystatin C and renal function in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, December 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Maria Franco

  60. Micronutrient prenatal supplementation prevents the development of hypertension and vascular endothelial damage induced by intrauterine malnutrition

    Article • Life Sciences, August 2009, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  61. Stunting growth: association of the blood pressure levels and ACE activity in early childhood

    Article • Pediatric Nephrology, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  62. Malnutrition, Long-Term Health and the Effect of Nutritional Recovery

    Article • January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Maria Franco

  63. Blood pressure levels in childhood: probing the relative importance of birth weight and current size

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  64. In Reply to ‘Interpretation of Birth Weight Data: A Note of Caution’

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, October 2008, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  65. GFR Estimated From Cystatin C Versus Creatinine in Children Born Small for Gestational Age

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, June 2008, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  66. Association of urinary 90 kDa angiotensin- converting enzyme with family history of hypertension and endothelial function in normotensive individuals

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, April 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Maria Franco

  67. Circulating renin–angiotensin system and catecholamines in childhood: is there a role for birthweight?

    Article • Clinical Science, February 2008, Portland Press Ltd.

    Maria Franco

  68. Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in Children Born Small for Gestational Age: Evidence of Lipid Peroxidation

    Article • Pediatric Research, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  69. Homocysteine and Nitric Oxide Are Related to Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Small-for-Gestational-Age Children

    Article • Hypertension, August 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Franco

  70. The Influence of L-Arginine on Blood Pressure, Vascular Nitric Oxide and Renal Morphometry in the Offspring from Diabetic Mothers

    Article • Pediatric Research, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  71. Enalapril and losartan restored blood pressure and vascular reactivity in intrauterine undernourished rats

    Article • Life Sciences, January 2007, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  72. Long-term effects of intrauterine malnutrition on vascular function in female offspring: Implications of oxidative stress

    Article • Life Sciences, January 2007, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  73. Long-Term Effects of Maternal Diabetes on Vascular Reactivity and Renal Function in Rat Male Offspring

    Article • Pediatric Research, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Franco

  74. Intrauterine Undernutrition in Rats Interferes with Leukocyte Migration, Decreasing Adhesion Molecule Expression in Leukocytes and Endothelial Cells

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, June 2005, Elsevier

    Maria Franco

  75. Tetrahydrobiopterin improves endothelial dysfunction and vascular oxidative stress in microvessels of intrauterine undernourished rats

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, June 2004, Wiley

    Maria Franco

  76. Gender differences in superoxide generation in microvessels of hypertensive rats: role of NAD(P)H-oxidase

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, January 2004, European Society of Cardiology

    Maria Franco

  77. Intrauterine undernutrition—renal and vascular origin of hypertension

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, November 2003, European Society of Cardiology

    Maria Franco

  78. NADPH oxidase and enhanced superoxide generation in intrauterine undernourished rats: involvement of the renin–angiotensin system

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, September 2003, European Society of Cardiology

    Maria Franco

  79. Vitamins C and E Improve Endothelial Dysfunction in Intrauterine-Undernourished Rats by Decreasing Vascular Superoxide Anion Concentration

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, August 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Franco

  80. Intrauterine undernutrition: expression and activity of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase in male and female adult offspring

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, October 2002, European Society of Cardiology

    Maria Franco

  81. Enhanced Oxidative Stress As a Potential Mechanism Underlying the Programming of Hypertension In Utero

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, October 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Franco

  82. Severe Nutritional Restriction in Pregnant Rats Aggravates Hypertension, Altered Vascular Reactivity, and Renal Development in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Offspring

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, March 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Franco