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Original scientific paper

• Šimunić, Ena; Šešelja, Kate; Podgorski, Iva I.; Belužić, Robert; Hadžija, Marijana Popović; Mavar, Marija Pinterić; Rešetar, Mirta; Halasz, Mirna; Jaganjac, Morana; Bujak, Ivana Tartaro et al. | Sirt3 deficiency impairs AMPK–Acc1 antilipogenic signaling in female adipocytes // Molecular biology reports, 53 (2026), 1; 1726, 17. doi: 10.1007/s11033-026-12892-7

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• Šimunić, Ena; Šešelja, Kate; Podgorski, Iva I.; Pinterić, Marija; Belužić, Robert; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Balog, Tihomir; Habisch, Hansjorg; Madl, Tobias; Sobocanec, Sandra | Mitochondrial Sirt3 in Kidney Aging: Sex-Specific Links to Metabolic Homeostasis and Oxidative Stress // RedoXplore, 2 (2025), 1; -, 16. doi: 10.70200/rx202501001s

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• Belužić, Robert; Šimunić, Ena; Škrinjar, Iva; Pinterić, Marija; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Balog, Tihomir; Sobočanec, Sandra | Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Fundamental Sex-Specific Differences in SIRT3-Mediated Redox and Metabolic Signaling in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts // International journal of molecular sciences, 25 (2024), 7; 3868, 24. doi: 10.3390/ijms25073868

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• Šimunić, Ena; Podgorski, Iva I.; Pinterić, Marija; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Belužić, Robert; Paradžik, Mladen; Dončević, Lucija; Balog, Tihomir; Kaloper, Marta; Habisch, Hansjörg et al. | Sirtuin 3 drives sex-specific responses to age-related changes in mouse embryonic fibroblasts // Mechanisms of ageing and development, 222 (2024), 111996, 15. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2024.111996

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• Belužić, Robert; Kaloper, Marta; Pinterić, Marija; Podgorski, Iva I.; Šimunić, Ena; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Balog, Tihomir; Sobočanec, Sandra | Sex-Related Differences in Oxidant and Antioxidant Profiles of Murine Kidney and Brain: A Focus on Sirt3-Mediated Regulation // Periodicum biologorum, 125 (2023), 3-4; 195-203. doi: 10.18054/pb.v125i3-4.30257

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• Smrečki, Neven ; Jović, Ozren ; Kukovec, Boris- Marko ; Šimunić, Ena ; Vuk, Sandro ; Skuhala, Ana ; Babić, Marija ; Rončević, Tomislav ; Ilić, Nada ; Kekez, Ivana et al. | Copper(II) complexes with N-alkyliminodiacetamide ligands. Preparation, structural, spectroscopic and DFT studies and biological evaluation // Inorganica chimica acta, 471 (2018), 521-529. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2017.11.038

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Review article (scientific)

• Šešelja, Kate; Šimunić, Ena; Sobočanec, Sandra; Podgorski, Iva I.; Pinterić, Marija; Hadžija, Marijana Popović; Balog, Tihomir; Belužić, Robert | SIRT3-Mediated Mitochondrial Regulation and Driver Tissues in Systemic Aging // Genes, 16 (2025), 12; 1497, 26. doi: 10.3390/genes16121497

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Short communication

• Belužić, Robert; Šimunić, Ena; Podgorski, Iva I.; Pinterić, Marija; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Balog, Tihomir; Sobočanec, Sandra | Senolytic activity of alpha-Mangostin through in vitro TGF-β signaling inhibition // Periodicum biologorum, 126 (2025), 1-2; 97-103. doi: 10.18054/pb.v126i1-2.30627

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Conference abstract

• Šimunić, Ena; Belužić, Robert; Podgorski, Iva I.; Pinterić, Marija; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Balog, Tihomir; Sobočanec, Sandra | Loss of Sirtuin 3 in mouse embryonic fibroblasts augments sex-specific differences in redox and metabolic signaling // 8th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium: Book of Abstracts / Posarić, Laura; Gmižić, Daria; Ostojić, Tea et al. (ur.). | Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024. str. 26-26

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• Šimunić, Ena; Pinterić, Marija; Škrinjar, Iva; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Paradžik, Mladen; Tartaro Bujak, Ivana; Madl, Tobias; Habisch, Hansjorg; Balog, Tihomir; Sobočanec, Sandra | Sirtuin 3 protein in sex-specific maintenance of energy homeostasis during aging // 7th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium - Book of Abstracts / Pavlek, Katarina (ur.). | Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2023. str. 100-100

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• Šimunić, Ena ; Rokić, Filip ; Vugrek, Oliver ; Kožich, Viktor | Characterization of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase with a novel deletion // 6. simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a : knjiga sažetaka = 6th Faculty of Science PhD student symposium : book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2022. str. 230-230

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• Šimunić, Ena ; Pinterić, Marija ; Pogorski, Iva ; Popović Hadžija, Marijana ; Paradžik, Mladen ; Balog, Tihomir ; Dončević, Lucija, Krolo, Ivana ; Sobočanec, Sandra | Loss of Sirtuin3 has an adverse male-specific efect on mitochondrial fitness and survival of mouse embryonic fibriblasts // HDBMB22: From Science to Knowledge, Book of Abstracts. | 2022. str. 142-142

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• Šimunić, Ena ; Rokić, Filip ; Vugrek, Oliver | RNA-Seq analysis of fibroblasts from patient with S- adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency // 5. simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a : knjiga sažetaka = 5th PhD Student Symposium 2021 : book of abstracts. | Zagreb, 2021. str. 247-247

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• Šimunić, Ena ; Vuk, Sandro ; Skuhala, Ana ; Smrečki, Neven ; Babić, Marija ; Jović, Ozren ; Pulić, Ivana ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Popović, Zora | Biološki aktivni kompleksi bakra(II) s N-alkilnim derivatima iminodiacetamida // 11. Susret mladih kemijskih inženjera, Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2016. str. 100-100

• Smrečki, Neven ; Šimunić, Ena ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka | Kompleksi bakra(II) i nikla(II) s glicinamidom. Strukturna, spektroskopska i termička karakterizacija // 11. Susret mladih kemijskih inženjera, Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2016. str. 98-98

• Vuk, Sandro ; Skuhala, Ana ; Šimunić, Ena ; Babić, Marija ; Smrečki, Neven | ISTRAŽIVANJE UČINKA BAKROVIH(II) KOMPLEKSA S N-ALKILNIM DERIVATIMA IMINODIACETAMIDA NA VODENU LEĆU (Lemna minor L.) // Drugi simpozij studenata bioloških usmjerenja - Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: BIUS - Udruga studenata biologije, 2016. str. 13-14

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• Šimunić, Ena; Belužić, Robert; Podgorski, Iva I.; Pinterić, Marija; Popović Hadžija, Marijana; Balog, Tihomir; Sobočanec, Sandra | Loss of Sirtuin 3 in mouse embryonic fibroblasts augments sex-specific differences in redox and metabolic signaling // 8. simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 26.04.2024-27.04.2024