PhD in Biomedicine Francisco Acosta Manzano - UTU Research Portal

Francisco Acosta Manzano
PhD in Biomedicine

- Docent,
- Academy Research Fellow
Turku PET Centre (Independent units)

Cardiometabolic

francisco.acostamanzano@utu.fi

Office: Analysis area, 2/34

Contact me at fm.acostamanzano@gmail.com / facman@utu.fi

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4792-0969

https://sites.utu.fi/humab/

Areas of expertise

Obesity, Adipose tissue, Energy Metabolism, Exercise Physiology, Immunology

Biography

Publications

1 of 3

Deciphering the Presence of Active Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue in Humans (2026)
- Acta Physiologica
Sanchez‐Gomez, Joaquin; Ruiz‐Campos, Samuel; Chica‐Perez, Anabel; Baena‐Raya, Andrés; Acosta, Francisco M.; Wolfrum, Christian; Rensen, Patrick C. N.; Romacho, Tania; Martinez‐Tellez, Borja
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Secretin (2026)
- Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Acosta-Manzano, Pedro; Virtanen, Kirsi A.; Acosta Manzano, Francisco
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
Effect of a 24-week supervised concurrent exercise intervention on fecal microbiota diversity and composition in young sedentary adults: The ACTIBATE randomized controlled trial (2025)
- Clinical Nutrition
Martinez-Tellez, Borja; Xu, Huiwen; Ortiz-Alvarez, Lourdes; Rodríguez-García, Carmen; Schönke, Milena; Jurado-Fasoli, Lucas; Osuna-Prieto, Francisco J.; Alcantara, Juan M.A.; Acosta, Francisco M.; Amaro-Gahete, Francisco J.; Folkerts, Gert; Vilchez-Vargas, Ramiro; Link, Alexander; Plaza-Diaz, Julio; Gil, Angel; Labayen, Idoia; Fernandez-Veledo, Sonia; Rensen, Patrick C.N.; Ruiz, Jonatan R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults (2025)
- Biology of Sport
Ortiz-Alvarez, Lourdes; Xu, Huiwen; Ruiz-Campos, Samuel; Acosta, Francisco M.; Migueles, Jairo H.; Vilchez-Vargas, Ramiro; Link, Alexander; Plaza-Díaz, Julio; Gil, Angel; Labayen, Idoia; Ruiz, Jonatan R.; Martinez-Tellez, Borja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Low‐grade systemic inflammation biomarkers in sedentary young healthy adults are not significantly affected by a 24‐week concurrent training intervention (2025)
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Vázquez-Lorente, Héctor; Herrera-Quintana, Lourdes; Acosta, Francisco M.; Amaro-Gahete, Francisco J.; Ruiz, Jonatan R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The interplay between organized lymphoid structures and thermogenic adipose tissue (2025)
- Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Acosta, Francisco M.; Örling, Johanna; Salmi, Marko; Virtanen, Kirsi A.
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Adults with metabolically healthy overweight or obesity present more brown adipose tissue and higher thermogenesis than their metabolically unhealthy counterparts (2024)
- EBioMedicine
Jurado-Fasoli, Lucas; Sanchez-Delgado, Guillermo; Alcantara, Juan M. A.; Acosta, Francisco M.; Sanchez-Sanchez, Rocio; Labayen, Idoia; Ortega, Francisco B.; Martinez-Tellez, Borja; Ruiz, Jonatan R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association between lifestyle factors and thyroid function in young euthyroid adults (2024)
- Food Science and Human Wellness
Merchan-Ramirez, Elisa; Sanchez-Delgado, Guillermo; Jurado-Fasoli, Lucas; Acosta, Francisco M.; Munoz-Torres, Manuel; Llamas-Elvira, Jose M.; Ruiz, Jonatan R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association of meal timing with body composition and cardiometabolic risk factors in young adults (2023)
- European Journal of Nutrition
Dote-Montero Manuel, Acosta Francisco M, Sanchez-Delgado Guillermo, Merchan-Ramirez Elisa, Amaro-Gahete Francisco J, Labayen Idoia, Ruiz Jonatan R
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effect of a 24-Week Concurrent Exercise Intervention on Neck Adiposity and Its Distribution in Young Adults: The ACTIBATE Randomized Controlled Trial (2023)
- International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
Arias-Tellez Maria Jose, Acosta Francisco M., Merchan-Ramirez Elisa, Martinez-Tellez Borja, Delgado Guillermo-Sanchez, Llamas-Elvira Jose M., Ruiz Jonatan R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)