Snježana Romić

E-mail: snjezana.romic@vinca.rs
Phone: +381 11 644 2532
ORCID: 0000-0002-3346-7438
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  • PhD: Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 2015.
    Title: “Effects of estradiol in the heart of rats with fructose-rich diet-induced insulin resistance”

    BSc: Department for Chemistry, Biochemistry and  Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 2008.
    Title: “Synthesis of mono- and diketo-derivates of deoxyholic acid and study of their hydriphilic-hydrophobic balance”

     

    Professional training

    april-july 2014: Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Bratislava, Slovakia - The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak  Republic

    june-august 2007: Summer Programme Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

     

  • Research fields

    molecular endocrinology – insulin signaling, estrogens, insulin resistance, Diabetes type 2, metabolic syndrome

    Selected publications

    1. Stanisic J, Ivkovic T, Romic S, Zec M, Culafic T, Stojiljkovic M, Koricanac G. Beneficial effect of walnuts on vascular tone is associated with Akt signalling, voltage-dependent calcium channel LTCC and ATP-sensitive potassium channel Kv1.2. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2021 May;72(3):324-334.
    2. Romic S, Djordjevic A, Tepavcevic S, Culafic T, Stojiljkovic M, Bursac B, Stanisic J, Kostic M, Gligorovska L, Koricanac G. Effects of a fructose-rich diet and chronic stress on insulin signaling and regulation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta and the sodium-potassium pump in the hearts of male rats. Food 2020 Feb 26;11(2):1455-1466.
    3. G Koricanac, S Tepavcevic, S Romic, T Milosavljevic, M Stojiljkovic, Z Zakula. Expression and Cellular Distribution of Glucose Transporters and Alpha Subunits of Na+/K+-ATPase in the Heart of Fructose-fed Female Rats: The Role of Estradiol. Hormone and Metabolic Research 2014; 46: 109-115
    4. Goran Korićanac, Snežana Tepavčević, Snježana Romić, Maja Zivković, Mojca Stojiljković, Tijana Milosavljević, Aleksandra Stanković, Marijana Petković, Tina Kamčeva, Zorica Zakula. Estradiol enhances effects of fructose rich diet on cardiac fatty acid transporter CD36 and triglycerides accumulation. European journal of pharmacology 2013; 694(1-3):127-34.
    5. Snjezana Romic, Snezana Tepavcevic, Zorica Zakula, Tijana Milosavljevic, Mojca Stojiljkovic, Maja Zivkovic, Milan Popovic, Aleksandra Stankovic, Goran Koricanac. Does oestradiol attenuate the damaging effects of a fructose-rich diet on cardiac Akt/endothelial nitric oxide synthase signalling? The British journal of nutrition 2013; 109(11):1940-8