Research Information
Research Interests
- Neurometabolic
- Gliomas
Publications
1. Jin L, Burguera BG, Couce ME, Scheithauer BW, Lamsan J, Eberhardt NL, Kulig E, Lloyd RV. Leptin and leptin receptor expression in normal and neoplastic human pituitary: evidence of a regulatory role for leptin on pituitary cell proliferation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999 Aug;84(8):2903-11.
2. Burguera B, Couce ME, Long J, Lamsam J, Laakso K, Jensen MD, Parisi JE, Lloyd RV. The long form of the leptin receptor (OB-Rb) is widely expressed in the human brain. Neuroendocrinology. 2000 Mar;71(3):187-95.
3. Burguera B, Couce ME, Curran GL, Jensen MD, Lloyd RV, Cleary MP, Poduslo JF. Obesity is associated with a decreased leptin transport across the blood-brain barrier in rats. Diabetes. 2000 Jul;49(7):1219-23.
4. Couce ME, Aker FV, Scheithauer BW. Chordoid meningioma: a clinicopathologic study of 42 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2000 Jul;24(7):899-905. Erratum in: Am J Surg Pathol 2000 Sep;24(9):1316-7.
5. Burguera B, Couce ME. Leptin access into the brain: a saturated transport mechanism in obesity. Physiol Behav. 2001 Nov-Dec;74(4-5):717-20.
6. Couce ME, Green D, Brunetto A, Achim C, Lloyd RV, Burguera B. Limited brain access for leptin in obesity. Pituitary. 2001 Jan-Apr;4(1-2):101-10. Review.
7. Ozolek JA, Finkelstein SD, Couce ME. Gliosarcoma with epithelial differentiation: immunohistochemical and molecular characterization. A case report and review of the literature. Mod Pathol. 2004 Jun;17(6):739-45.
8. Mohan D, Finkelstein SD, Swalsky PA, Sasatomi E, Wiley C, Hamilton RL, Lieberman F, Couce ME. Microdissection genotyping of gliomas: therapeutic and prognostic considerations. Mod Pathol. 2004 Nov;17(11):1346-58.
9. Ionescu DN, McFadden K, Unni KK, Couce ME. Pathologic quiz case: a 33-year-old woman with a large temporal mass. Chondroblastoma of the skull. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Apr;129(4):539-40.
10. Couce ME, Cottam D, Esplen J, Teijeiro R, Schauer P, Burguera B. Potential role of hypothalamic ghrelin in the pathogenesis of human obesity. J Endocrinol Invest. 2006 Jul-Aug;29(7):599-605.
11. Burguera B, Brunetto A, Garcia-Ocana A, Teijeiro R, Esplen J, Thomas T, Couce ME, Zhao A. Leptin increases proliferation of human steosarcoma cells through activation of PI(3)-K and MAPK pathways. Med Sci Monit. 2006 Nov;12(11):BR341- 9. 13.
12. Couce ME, Medina-Flores R, Wong M, Chu CT. Occult germ cell tumour presenting as spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage. Histopathology. 2007 May;50(6):789-93
13. Gene AH, Gardner PA, Couce Matovelle ME. Rapidly expanding brain mass. Transpl Infect Dis. 2007 Sep;9(3):211-3.
14. Santandreu FM, Brell M, Gene AH, Guevara R, Oliver J, Couce ME, Roca P. Differences in mitochondrial function and antioxidant systems between regions of human glioma. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2008;22(5-6):757-68.
15. Brell M, Ibáñez J, Felpete A, Burguera B, Frontera M, Couce ME. Quantitative analysis of matrix metalloproteinase-2 mRNA expression in central and peripheral regions of gliomas. Brain Tumor Pathol. 2011 Apr;28(2):137-44.