Fat tissue, aging, and cellular senescence

T Tchkonia, DE Morbeck, T Von Zglinicki… - Aging cell, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Fat tissue, frequently the largest organ in humans, is at the nexus of mechanisms involved in
longevity and age‐related metabolic dysfunction. Fat distribution and function change …

When NRF2 talks, who's listening?

N Wakabayashi, SL Slocum, JJ Skoko… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Activation of the KEAP1-NRF2 signaling pathway is an adaptive response to environmental
and endogenous stresses and serves to render animals resistant to chemical …

Senescence-associated IL-6 and IL-8 cytokines induce a self-and cross-reinforced senescence/inflammatory milieu strengthening tumorigenic capabilities in the MCF …

P Ortiz-Montero, A Londoño-Vallejo… - Cell Communication and …, 2017 - Springer
Background There is compelling evidence associating senescent cells with the malignant
progression of tumours. Of all senescence-related mechanisms, the so-called senescence …

Functional mesenchymal stem cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells attenuate limb ischemia in mice

Q Lian, Y Zhang, J Zhang, HK Zhang, X Wu, Y Zhang… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Aging and aging-related disorders impair the survival and differentiation
potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and limit their therapeutic …

IL-17 regulates adipogenesis, glucose homeostasis, and obesity

LA Zúñiga, WJ Shen, B Joyce-Shaikh… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Inflammatory mediators have the potential to impact a surprising range of diseases,
including obesity and its associated metabolic syndrome. In this paper, we show that the …

Myogenic gene expression signature establishes that brown and white adipocytes originate from distinct cell lineages

JA Timmons, K Wennmalm, O Larsson… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Attainment of a brown adipocyte cell phenotype in white adipocytes, with their abundant
mitochondria and increased energy expenditure potential, is a legitimate strategy for …

Inflamed adipose tissue: a culprit underlying the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis

B Gustafson, A Hammarstedt… - … , and vascular biology, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
The metabolic syndrome is associated with a dysregulated adipose tissue; in part a
consequence of adipose cell enlargement and the associated infiltration of macrophages …

Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells toward chondrocytes

RA Oldershaw, MA Baxter, ET Lowe, N Bates… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
We report a chemically defined, efficient, scalable and reproducible protocol for
differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) toward chondrocytes. HESCs are …

Beneficial Effects of Natural Bioactive Compounds from Hibiscus sabdariffa L. on Obesity

OV Ojulari, SG Lee, JO Nam - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a condition associated with the accumulation of excess fat in the body, energy
imbalance, lipogenesis, etc., which increases adipose tissue mass through adipogenesis …

A tale of two proteins: Differential roles and regulation of Smad2 and Smad3 in TGF‐β signaling

KA Brown, JA Pietenpol… - Journal of cellular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Transforming growth factor‐beta (TGF‐β) is an important growth inhibitor of epithelial cells,
and insensitivity to this cytokine results in uncontrolled cell proliferation and can contribute to …