Aldona Dembinska-Kiec

Aldona Dembinska-Kiec participates in the Mitofood project; a research community for nutritional optimization of mitochondrial function for health promotion and disease resistance.

Prof. dr. Aldona Dembinska-Kiec

Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Collegium Medicum Jagiellonan University
Kopernika 15a str.
31-501 Cracow
POLAND
Tel +48 12421 4006
Fax +48 12421 4073

E-mail: mbkiec@kinga.cyfr-kr.edu.pl

Expertise

Mitochondrial proteins (connexin 43 and humanin) and their regulation by beta-carotene in angiogenesis and neurodegradation; mitochondrium associated polymorphisms, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Relevant projects and functions

  • Member of COST 926: Impact of new technologies on health benefits and safety of bioactive plant compounds.
  • Former Coordinator of FP-5 DLARFID, FP-5 STEC and Polish KBN grants, and MC member of 2 COST actions: 917 and 918.
  • Participant of EU FP-6 IP Lipgen and EU FP-6 NoE NuGo.
  • Member of Editorial Board of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.

Group structure

1 Professor (F), 10 PhD scientists (8F, 2M), 3 MSc scientists (3F), 6 PhD students (5F, 1M), 3 technicians (3F).

Selected publications

  1. Bodzioch M, Dembinska-Kiec A, Hartwich J, Lapicka-Bodzioch K, Banas A, Polus A, Grzybowska J, Wybranska I, Dulinska J, Gil D, Laidler P, Placha W, Zawada M, Balana-Nowak A, Sacha T, Kiec-Wilk B, Skotnicki A, Moehle C, Langmann T, Schmitz G. The microarray expression analysis identifies BAX as a mediator of beta-carotene effects on apoptosis. Nutr Cancer 2005: 51 (2): 226-35
  2. Kiec-Wilk B, Polus A, Grzybowska J, Mikolajczyk M, Hartwich J, Pryjma J, Skrzeczynska J, Dembinska-Kiec A. Beta-carotene stimulates chemotaxis of human endothelial progenitur cells. Clin. Chem.Lab. Med., 2005, 43(5), 488-498.