Extracellular miRNAs: from biomarkers to mediators of physiology and disease

MA Mori, RG Ludwig, R Garcia-Martin, BB Brandão… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
miRNAs can be found in serum and other body fluids and serve as biomarkers for disease.
More importantly, secreted miRNAs, especially those in extracellular vesicles (EVs) such as …

Adipose tissue macrophages: going off track during obesity

L Boutens, R Stienstra - Diabetologia, 2016 - Springer
Inflammation originating from the adipose tissue is considered to be one of the main driving
forces for the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in obese individuals …

An integrated single cell and spatial transcriptomic map of human white adipose tissue

L Massier, J Jalkanen, M Elmastas, J Zhong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
To date, single-cell studies of human white adipose tissue (WAT) have been based on small
cohort sizes and no cellular consensus nomenclature exists. Herein, we performed a …

Spatial mapping reveals human adipocyte subpopulations with distinct sensitivities to insulin

J Bäckdahl, L Franzén, L Massier, Q Li, J Jalkanen… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
The contribution of cellular heterogeneity and architecture to white adipose tissue (WAT)
function is poorly understood. Herein, we combined spatially resolved transcriptional …

Adipose-derived circulating miRNAs regulate gene expression in other tissues

T Thomou, MA Mori, JM Dreyfuss, M Konishi… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Adipose tissue is a major site of energy storage and has a role in the regulation of
metabolism through the release of adipokines. Here we show that mice with an adipose …

β3-Adrenergic receptor downregulation leads to adipocyte catecholamine resistance in obesity

JM Valentine, M Ahmadian, O Keinan… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The dysregulation of energy homeostasis in obesity involves multihormone resistance.
Although leptin and insulin resistance have been well characterized, catecholamine …

Epigenetic signatures underlying inflammation: An interplay of nutrition, physical activity, metabolic diseases, and environmental factors for personalized nutrition

O Ramos-Lopez, FI Milagro, JI Riezu-Boj… - Inflammation …, 2021 - Springer
Aim and objective Emerging translational evidence suggests that epigenetic alterations
(DNA methylation, miRNA expression, and histone modifications) occur after external stimuli …

Triglyceride synthesis by DGAT1 protects adipocytes from lipid-induced ER stress during lipolysis

C Chitraju, N Mejhert, JT Haas, LG Diaz-Ramirez… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Triglyceride (TG) storage in adipose tissue provides the major reservoir for metabolic energy
in mammals. During lipolysis, fatty acids (FAs) are hydrolyzed from adipocyte TG stores and …

Micro RNA s in metabolism

S Vienberg, J Geiger, S Madsen… - Acta …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Micro RNA s (mi RNA s) have within the past decade emerged as key regulators of
metabolic homoeostasis. Major tissues in intermediary metabolism important during …

Adipose tissue-liver cross talk in the control of whole-body metabolism: implications in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

V Azzu, M Vacca, S Virtue, M Allison, A Vidal-Puig - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Adipose tissue and the liver play significant roles in the regulation of whole-body energy
homeostasis, but they have not evolved to cope with the continuous, chronic, nutrient …