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Selected Publications 

Sirtuin 3-mediated mitochondrial regulation and driver tissues in systemic aging 

Kate Šešelja, Ena Šimunić, Sandra Sobočanec, Iva I Podgorski, Marija Pinterić, Marijana Popović Hadžija, Tihomir Balog, Robert  Belužić

Genes (2025) doi:  10.3390/genes16121497 

Sirtuin 3 drives sex-specific responses to age-related changes in mouse embryonic fibroblasts

Ena Šimunić, Iva I Podgorski, Marija Pinterić, Marijana Popović Hadžija, Robert Belužić, Mladen Paradžik, Lucija Dončević , Tihomir Balog, Marta Kaloper, Hansjörg Habisch, Tobias Madl, Aleksandra Korać, Sandra Sobočanec

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development (2024) doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2024.111996 

​Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Fundamental Sex-Specific Differences in SIRT3-Mediated Redox and Metabolic Signaling in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts

Robert BelužićEna ŠimunićIva I PodgorskiMarija PinterićMarijana Popović HadžijaTihomir BalogSandra Sobočanec 

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2024) doi: 10.3390/ijms25073868

Chronic High Fat Diet Intake Impairs Hepatic Metabolic Parameters in Ovariectomized Sirtuin 3 KO Mice

Marija Pinterić, Iva I Podgorski, Marijana Popović Hadžija, Ivana Tartaro Bujak, Ana Tadijan, Tihomir Balog, Sandra Sobočanec ​

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021) doi: 10.3390/ijms22084277

Combination of Sirtuin 3 and hyperoxia diminishes tumorigenic properties of MDA-MB-231 cells

Iva I Podgorski, Marija Pinterić, Dora Marčinko, Marijana Popović Hadžija, Vedrana Filić, Ivan Ciganek, Denis Pleše, Tihomir Balog, Sandra Sobočanec

Life Sciences (2020) doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117812

Sirtuin 3 Exerts Its Tumor-Suppressive Role by Increasing p53 and Attenuating Response to Estrogen in MCF-7 Cells

Marija PinterićIva I PodgorskiMarijana Popović HadžijaVedrana FilićMladen ParadžikBastien Lucien Jean ProustAna DekanićIvan CiganekDenis PlešeDora MarčinkoTihomir BalogSandra Sobočanec 

Antioxidants (Basel) (2020) doi: 10.3390/antiox9040294

Role of Sirtuin 3 in Differential Sex-Related Responses to a High-Fat Diet in Mice

Marija Pinterić, Iva I Podgorski, Marijana Popović Hadžija, Ivana Tartaro Bujak, Ana Dekanić, Robert Bagarić, Vladimir Farkaš, Sandra Sobočanec, Tihomir Balog

Antioxidants (Basel) (2020) doi: 10.3390/antiox9020174

KEYWORDS: Sirtuin 3; metabolism; aging; sex differences; estradiol; cancer

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