Targeting autophagy to counteract obesity-associated oxidative stress

F Pietrocola, JM Bravo-San Pedro - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) operate as key regulators of cellular homeostasis within a
physiological range of concentrations, yet they turn into cytotoxic entities when their levels …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy dysregulation and obesity-associated pathologies

S Namkoong, CS Cho, I Semple, JH Lee - Molecules and cells, 2018 - Elsevier
Autophagy is one of the major degradative mechanisms that can eliminate excessive
nutrients, toxic protein aggregates, damaged organelles and invading microorganisms. In …

Targeting autophagy in obesity: from pathophysiology to management

Y Zhang, JR Sowers, J Ren - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2018 - nature.com
Obesity poses a severe threat to human health, including the increased prevalence of
hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, cancer, inflammation, sleep apnoea and …

Autophagy in adipocyte browning: emerging drug target for intervention in obesity

SH Ro, Y Jang, J Bae, IM Kim, C Schaecher… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy, lipophagy, and mitophagy are considered to be the major recycling processes
for protein aggregates, excess fat, and damaged mitochondria in adipose tissues in …

Systemic autophagy insufficiency compromises adaptation to metabolic stress and facilitates progression from obesity to diabetes

YM Lim, H Lim, KY Hur, W Quan, HY Lee… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Despite growing interest in the relationship between autophagy and systemic metabolism,
how global changes in autophagy affect metabolism remains unclear. Here we show that …

Autophagy, signaling and obesity

VJ Lavallard, AJ Meijer, P Codogno, P Gual - Pharmacological research, 2012 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a cellular pathway crucial for development, differentiation, survival and
homeostasis. Autophagy can provide protection against aging and a number of pathologies …

Autophagy in adipose tissue physiology and pathophysiology

M Ferhat, K Funai, S Boudina - Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Alterations in adipose tissue function have profound consequences on whole
body energy homeostasis because this tissue is central for fat accumulation, energy …

Autophagy is an inflammation-related defensive mechanism against disease

J Joven, M Guirro, R Mariné-Casadó… - Oxidative Stress and …, 2014 - Springer
The inflammatory response is an energy-intensive process. Consequently, metabolism is
closely associated with immune function. The autophagy machinery plays a role in …

Deconvoluting the role of reactive oxygen species and autophagy in human diseases

X Wen, J Wu, F Wang, B Liu, C Huang, Y Wei - Free Radical Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS), chemically reactive molecules containing oxygen, can form
as a natural byproduct of the normal metabolism of oxygen and also have their crucial roles …

Dysregulated autophagy mediates sarcopenic obesity and its complications via AMPK and PGC1α signaling pathways: potential involvement of gut dysbiosis as a …

JY Ryu, HM Choi, HI Yang, KS Kim - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenic obesity (SOB), which is closely related to being elderly as a feature of aging, is
recently gaining attention because it is associated with many other age-related diseases that …