Signaling pathways in obesity: mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

X Wen, B Zhang, B Wu, H Xiao, Z Li, R Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Obesity is a complex, chronic disease and global public health challenge. Characterized by
excessive fat accumulation in the body, obesity sharply increases the risk of several …

Inflammatory links between high fat diets and diseases

Y Duan, L Zeng, C Zheng, B Song, F Li… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, chronic overnutrition, such as consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD), has
been increasingly viewed as a significant modifiable risk factor for diseases such as …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of adipose tissue inflammation to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus

MS Burhans, DK Hagman, JN Kuzma… - Comprehensive …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The objective of this comprehensive review is to summarize and discuss the available
evidence of how adipose tissue inflammation affects insulin sensitivity and glucose …

Inflammation, metaflammation and immunometabolic disorders

GS Hotamisligil - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Proper regulation and management of energy, substrate diversity and quantity, as well as
macromolecular synthesis and breakdown processes, are fundamental to cellular and …

Macrophage polarization in chronic inflammatory diseases: killers or builders?

L Parisi, E Gini, D Baci, M Tremolati… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages are key cellular components of the innate immunity, acting as the main player
in the first‐line defence against the pathogens and modulating homeostatic and …

Skeletal muscle inflammation and insulin resistance in obesity

H Wu, CM Ballantyne - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Obesity is associated with chronic inflammation, which contributes to insulin resistance and
type 2 diabetes mellitus. Under normal conditions, skeletal muscle is responsible for the …

Differential roles of M1 and M2 microglia in neurodegenerative diseases

Y Tang, W Le - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
One of the most striking hallmarks shared by various neurodegenerative diseases, including
Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors contributing to type 2 diabetes and recent advances in the treatment and prevention

Y Wu, Y Ding, Y Tanaka, W Zhang - International journal of medical …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Type 2 diabetes is a serious and common chronic disease resulting from a complex
inheritance-environment interaction along with other risk factors such as obesity and …

Regulation of metabolism by the innate immune system

DE Lackey, JM Olefsky - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2016 - nature.com
Low-grade tissue inflammation induced by obesity can result in insulin resistance, which in
turn is a key cause of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cells of the innate immune system produce …

Macrophage polarization in pathology

A Sica, M Erreni, P Allavena, C Porta - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Macrophages are cells of the innate immunity constituting the mononuclear phagocyte
system and endowed with remarkable different roles essential for defense mechanisms …