Controlling the polarity of human gastrointestinal organoids to investigate epithelial biology and infectious diseases

JY Co, M Margalef-Català, DM Monack, MR Amieva - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
Human epithelial organoids—3D spheroids derived from adult tissue stem cells—enable
investigation of epithelial physiology and disease and host interactions with …

Cell culture models of fatty acid overload: Problems and solutions

N Alsabeeh, B Chausse, PA Kakimoto… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
High plasma levels of fatty acids occur in a variety of metabolic diseases. Cellular effects of
fatty acid overload resulting in negative cellular responses (lipotoxicity) are often studied in …

Lipid droplets are a metabolic vulnerability in melanoma

D Lumaquin-Yin, E Montal, E Johns… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Melanoma exhibits numerous transcriptional cell states including neural crest-like cells as
well as pigmented melanocytic cells. How these different cell states relate to distinct …

Chronic glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) agonism desensitizes adipocyte GIPR activity mimicking functional GIPR antagonism

EA Killion, M Chen, JR Falsey, G Sivits, T Hager… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Antagonism or agonism of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor
(GIPR) prevents weight gain and leads to dramatic weight loss in combination with glucagon …

Metabolic dependencies of metastasis-initiating cells in female breast cancer

CM Young, L Beziaud, P Dessen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the mechanisms that enable cancer cells to metastasize is essential in
preventing cancer progression. Here we examine the metabolic adaptations of metastasis …

[HTML][HTML] Group 3 innate lymphoid cells program a distinct subset of IL-22BP-producing dendritic cells demarcating solitary intestinal lymphoid tissues

F Guendel, M Kofoed-Branzk, K Gronke, C Tizian… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Solitary intestinal lymphoid tissues such as cryptopatches (CPs) and isolated lymphoid
follicles (ILFs) constitute steady-state activation hubs containing group 3 innate lymphoid …

Dyrk1b promotes hepatic lipogenesis by bypassing canonical insulin signaling and directly activating mTORC2 in mice

N Bhat, A Narayanan, M Fathzadeh… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Mutations in Dyrk1b are associated with metabolic syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver
disease in humans. Our investigations showed that DYRK1B levels are increased in the liver …

The coccidian parasites Toxoplasma and Neospora dysregulate mammalian lipid droplet biogenesis

X Hu, D Binns, ML Reese - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2017 - ASBMB
Upon infection, the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii co-opts critical functions of its
host cell to avoid immune clearance and gain access to nutritional resources. One route by …

Metabolic syndrome is associated with ceramide accumulation in visceral adipose tissue of women with morbid obesity

B Choromańska, P Myśliwiec, H Razak Hady… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Accelerated transmembrane transport of long‐chain fatty acids dependent on fatty
acid transporters is responsible for lipid accumulation and, eventually, the development of …

Integrated application of metabolomics and RNA‐seq reveals thermogenic regulation in goat brown adipose tissues

Y Wang, X Chen, W Fan, X Zhang, S Zhan… - The FASEB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays an important role on no shivering thermogenesis during
cold exposure to maintain animal body temperature and energy homeostasis. However …