Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: the interplay between metabolism, microbes and immunity

H Tilg, TE Adolph, M Dudek, P Knolle - Nature metabolism, 2021 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged pandemically across the globe and
particularly affects patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. NAFLD is a complex systemic …

NLRP3 inflammasome in cancer and metabolic diseases

BR Sharma, TD Kanneganti - Nature immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a multimeric cytosolic protein complex that assembles in
response to cellular perturbations. This assembly leads to the activation of caspase-1, which …

Understanding the role of the gut microbiome and microbial metabolites in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: current evidence and perspectives

N Vallianou, GS Christodoulatos, I Karampela… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease
worldwide. NAFLD begins as a relatively benign hepatic steatosis which can evolve to non …

Role of the inflammasome in liver disease

M de Carvalho Ribeiro, G Szabo - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The involvement of inflammasomes in the proinflammatory response observed in chronic
liver diseases, such as alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver …

Chronic adipose tissue inflammation linking obesity to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

F Zatterale, M Longo, J Naderi, GA Raciti… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is one of the major health burdens of the 21st century as it contributes to the growing
prevalence of its related comorbidities, including insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes …

The intestinal microbiota fuelling metabolic inflammation

H Tilg, N Zmora, TE Adolph, E Elinav - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Low-grade inflammation is the hallmark of metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2
diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Emerging evidence indicates that these …

Obesity and cancer risk: Emerging biological mechanisms and perspectives

KI Avgerinos, N Spyrou, CS Mantzoros, M Dalamaga - Metabolism, 2019 - Elsevier
Continuously rising trends in obesity-related malignancies render this disease spectrum a
public health priority. Worldwide, the burden of cancer attributable to obesity, expressed as …

Mechanisms of NAFLD development and therapeutic strategies

SL Friedman, BA Neuschwander-Tetri, M Rinella… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
There has been a rise in the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD),
paralleling a worldwide increase in diabetes and metabolic syndrome. NAFLD, a continuum …

Inflammasomes as therapeutic targets in human diseases

Y Li, H Huang, B Liu, Y Zhang, X Pan, XY Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are protein complexes of the innate immune system that initiate
inflammation in response to either exogenous pathogens or endogenous danger signals …

Interleukin-18 in health and disease

K Yasuda, K Nakanishi, H Tsutsui - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Interleukin (IL)-18 was originally discovered as a factor that enhanced IFN-γ production from
anti-CD3-stimulated Th1 cells, especially in the presence of IL-12. Upon stimulation with Ag …