The Most Significant Publications

VIKTORÍNOVÁ, A.; ĎURFINOVÁ, M. Is iron-mediated cell death (ferroptosis) an identical factor contributing to the pathogenesis of some neurodegenerative diseases? Neuroscience Letters, 2021.

ĎURFINOVÁ, M.; et al. Cholesterol level correlates with disability score in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Neuroscience Letters, 2018.

ĎURFINOVÁ, M.; et al. Increased glycine levels in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis. Clinica Chimica Acta, 2018.

BYSTRICKÁ, Z.; LAUBERTOVÁ, L.; ĎURFINOVÁ, M.; PADUCHOVÁ, Z. Methionine metabolism and multiple sclerosis. Biomarkers, 2017.

ĎURFINOVÁ, M.; et al. The effects of fish oil emulsion supplementation on synaptosomal membrane enzyme activities in diabetic rats. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 2015.

ĎURFINOVÁ, M.; et al. K+-p-Nitrophenylphosphatase activity in rat brain and liver. Physiological Research, 2009.

Professional Activities

TTeaching Activities

Teaching Medical Biochemistry to students of General Medicine and Dentistry.

Teaching New Trends in Medical, Clinical and Pharmaceutical Biochemistry to PhD students.

Teaching Biochemistry of Physiological Functions, Basics of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, and Basics of Functional Biochemistry.

Supervision of Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD theses.

Member of committees for state final examinations in Clinical Biochemistry and thesis defences.

Research Activities

Research focused on biochemical changes in nervous tissue and neurodegenerative disorders.

Investigation of neurotransmitter levels in cerebrospinal fluid and tissues, with particular attention to multiple sclerosis.

Study of neurotransmitter metabolism, receptors, transporters and membrane enzyme activities.

Evaluation of oxidative stress parameters and biochemical markers associated with disease progression.

Research into tissue-specific aspects of lipid metabolism in diabetes mellitus.

Research Projects

Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator of research projects concerning brain hypoperfusion in multiple sclerosis.

Research on supportive therapy and its clinical significance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Participation in the development of biomodels for evaluating potential therapeutic approaches against COVID-19.

Academic Activities

Deputy Head of the Institute of Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry.

Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.

Participation in academic examination and thesis-defence committees.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Slovak Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.