Mario Kratz
Associate Professor
Epidemiology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Rearch Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Kratz has done his PhD in Nutritional Science at University of Bonn.Dr. Kratz has more than 15 years of experience conducting clinical studies in a variety of human populations.Dr. Mario Kratz runs a research lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Research Interest
Dr. Kratz’s research focuses on the relationship between diet, obesity, and chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancers associated with obesity. Current projects include controlled dietary intervention studies in humans to better understand how diet composition affects energy and glucose homeostasis, or major determinants of glucose homeostasis including insulin sensitivity, pancreatic beta-cell function, liver fat content, and low-grade chronic inflammation. We are also conducting translational studies to improve our understanding of the etiology of low-grade chronic adipose tissue inflammation, and its relationship to adiposity and insulin resistance.
Publications
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Kratz M, Coats BR, Hisert KB, Hagman D, Mutskov V, Peris E, Schoenfelt KQ, Kuzma JN, Larson I, Billing PS et al.. 2014. Metabolic dysfunction drives a mechanistically distinct proinflammatory phenotype in adipose tissue macrophages.. Cell metabolism. 20(4):614-25
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Kuzma JN, Cromer G, Hagman DK, Breymeyer KL, Roth CL, Foster-Schubert KE, Holte SE, Callahan HS, Weigle DS, Kratz M. 2015. No difference in ad libitum energy intake in healthy men and women consuming beverages sweetened with fructose, glucose, or high-fructose corn syrup: a randomized trial.. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 102(6):1373-80.
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Barton S, Navarro SL, Buas MF, Schwarz Y, Gu H, Djukovic D, Raftery D, Kratz M, Neuhouser ML, Lampe JW. 2015. Targeted plasma metabolome response to variations in dietary glycemic load in a randomized, controlled, crossover feeding trial in healthy adults.. Food & function. 6(9):2949-56.
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Hagman DK, Larson I, Kuzma JN, Cromer G, Makar K, Rubinow KB, Foster-Schubert KE, Van Yserloo B, Billing PS, Landerholm RW et al.. 2017. The short-term and long-term effects of bariatric/metabolic surgery on subcutaneous adipose tissue inflammation in humans.. Metabolism: clinical and experimental. 70:12-22.
