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Education
| Institution | Degree | Field of Study | Obtained |
| School of Medicine, University of Montevideo, Uruguay | Medical Technologist | Clinical Pathology | 1976 |
| School of Medicine, University of Montevideo, Uruguay | Specialist in Clinical Pathology | Clinical Pathology | 1989 |
| Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France | MS | Biochemistry | 1992 |
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| School of Medicine, University of Montevideo, Uruguay | M.D. | Medicine | 1983 |
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Teaching
Fall Semester
- Medical Neuroscience – Course Director
- Medical Spanish Level I – Course Director (Elective Course)Read more
- Medical Spanish Level II – Course Director (Elective Course)
- Histology Lab – Participating Faculty Member
- PCS, EkG Lab – Participating Faculty Member
Spring Semester
- Medical Neuroscience – Course Director
- Medical Spanish Level I – Course Director (Elective Course)
- ICM Lab, - Participating Faculty Member
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Research Interests
- Effects of OMM on psychological stress.
- Circulating heat shock proteins and psychological stress.
- Modulation of hsp70 induction and transport in R6/2 transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease.
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Honors & Awards
1995 Ralph D. Lillie Award
1995 Second excellence award for a poster presentation
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Publications
Articles published in peered reviewed journals
• Menini, T., Gugliucci, A. and Stahl, A.J.C. (1992) Polyclonal immunoglobulin M: location of glycation sites. Clin Chim Acta 213, 23-35.
• Menini, T., Gugliucci, A., Sodahlon, Y.K., Stahl, A.J.C., Blickle, J.F. and Brogrard, J.M. (1993) Glycated immunoglobulin M in diabetic patients. Ann Biol Clin 51, 887-891.
• Gugliucci, A., Menini, T. and Stahl, A.J.C. (1994) Susceptibility to copper-enhanced autoxidation of VLDL+LDL fractions from diabetic patients. Biochem Mol Biol Int 32, 139-147.
• Gugliucci, A., Menini, T. and Stahl, A.J.C. (1994) Glycation of fibrinogen in diabetic patients: a practical colorimetric assay. Glycosylation and Disease 1, 177-184.
• Gugliucci A, Menini T (1998). Circulating Advanced Glycation Peptides In Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats: Evidence For Preferential Modification Of IgG Light Chains. Life Sci 62, 2141-2150.
• Gugliucci A and Menini T: Three different pathways for human LDL oxidation are inhibited in vitro by water extracts of the medicinal herb Achyrocline satureoides. Life Sci. 2002 71, 693-705.
• Gugliucci A and Menini T: The botanical extracts of Achyrocline satureoides and Ilex paraguariensis prevent methylglyoxal-induced inhibition of plasminogen and antithrombin III. Life Sci. 2002, 72/3 279-292.
• Gugliucci A and Menini T: The polyamines spermine and spermidine protect proteins from structural and functional damage by AGE precursors: a new role for old molecules? Life Sci, 2003, 72: 2603-2616
• N. Bracesco, MSc, M. Dell, A. Rocha, S. Behtash, T. Menini, A. Gugliucci, and E. Nunes. Antioxidant Activity Of a Botanical Extract Preparation Of Ilex Paraguariensis: Prevention Of DNA Double Strand Breaks In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae And Human Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation. J Alt Com Med., 2003 (3):379-87.
• M. Bixby, L. Spieler, T. Menini, A. Gugliucci. Ilex paraguariensis extracts are potent inhibitors of nitrosative stress: A comparative study with green tea and wines using a protein nitration model and mammalian cell cytotoxicity. Life Sci, 2005, 3; 77: 345-58.
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Research Grants
Intramural Grants
• Interaction between advanced glycation end-products of proteins and macrophages.
Touro University. -1999 Co-PI.
• Circulating heat shock proteins and psychological stress.
Touro University – 2004 PI
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