Cellular Physiology and Metabolism of Physical Exercise

Livio Luzi MD is Professor of Endocrinology and a world renowned diabetologist. In addition to his current role as Dean of the Faculty of Exercise Sciences at the University of Milan Medical School, he is also Adjunct Professor at the Diabetes Research Institute, Miami FL, USA. He has published over 300 scientific papers in the area of diabetes/metabolism/physical exercise and over the past 30 years has trained and/or supervised more than 30 fellows. Several of these have gone on to become principal investigators in the area of diabetes/metabolism/physical exercise. The two authors are presently working in the United States (Ricordi, University of Miami and Fiorina, Harvard University) and are top scientists in their field of research. Most of the remaining authors work in Milan and are world renowned scientists in their respective fields of research.

1 Human evolution and physical exercise: the concept of being “born to run” – L. Luzi 2 Cell morphology and function: the specificities of muscle cells – A. Maestroni 3 Cell membrane of the contractile unit – G. Zerbini 4 Gene polymorphisms and athletic I. Teruzzi 5 Nutrients and whole-body energy metabolism – S. Benedini 6 Mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial study for ATP synthesis – R. Codella 7 Excessive nutrients and regional energy metabolism – G. Perseghin 8 Muscle biopsy to assess mitochondrial turnover – R. Barazzoni 9 Use of tracer-based study of metabolism in vivo – A. Caumo 10 Physical activity and inflammation – P. Fiorina 11 The HPA axis and the regulation of energy balance – F. Frigerio 12 Physical exercise in obesity and mental anorexia – A. Battezzati 13 Physical exercise and transplantation – V. Lauriola, C. Ricordi 14 The baboon as a primate model to study physiology and metabolic effects of exercise – F. Folli, F. Casiraghi