Emerging therapeutic approaches for the treatment of NAFLD and type 2 diabetes mellitus

D Ferguson, BN Finck - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most prevalent liver disease
in the world, yet there are still no approved pharmacological therapies to prevent or treat this …

FGF/FGFR signaling in health and disease

Y Xie, N Su, J Yang, Q Tan, S Huang, M Jin… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Growing evidences suggest that the fibroblast growth factor/FGF receptor (FGF/FGFR)
signaling has crucial roles in a multitude of processes during embryonic development and …

Bile acid metabolism and signaling, the microbiota, and metabolic disease

J Cai, B Rimal, C Jiang, JYL Chiang… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The diversity, composition, and function of the bacterial community inhabiting the human
gastrointestinal tract contributes to host health through its role in producing energy or …

Molecular physiology of bile acid signaling in health, disease, and aging

A Perino, H Demagny… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Over the past two decades, bile acids (BAs) have become established as important
signaling molecules that enable fine-tuned inter-tissue communication from the liver, their …

[HTML][HTML] The brain-gut-microbiome axis

CR Martin, V Osadchiy, A Kalani, EA Mayer - Cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Preclinical and clinical studies have shown bidirectional interactions within the brain-gut-
microbiome axis. Gut microbes communicate to the central nervous system through at least …

Targeting the alternative bile acid synthetic pathway for metabolic diseases

W Jia, M Wei, C Rajani, X Zheng - Protein & cell, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The gut microbiota is profoundly involved in glucose and lipid metabolism, in part by
regulating bile acid (BA) metabolism and affecting multiple BA-receptor signaling pathways …

The Klotho proteins in health and disease

M Kuro-o - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Klotho proteins, αKlotho and βKlotho, are essential components of endocrine
fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor complexes, as they are required for the high-affinity …

Lipotoxicity and the gut-liver axis in NASH pathogenesis

F Marra, G Svegliati-Baroni - Journal of hepatology, 2018 - Elsevier
The pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, particularly the mechanisms whereby
a minority of patients develop a more severe phenotype characterised by hepatocellular …

Bile acids and their receptors in metabolic disorders

S Fiorucci, E Distrutti, A Carino, A Zampella… - Progress in Lipid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bile acids are a large family of atypical steroids which exert their functions by binding to a
family of ubiquitous cell membrane and nuclear receptors. There are two main bile acid …

Lean NAFLD: a distinct entity shaped by differential metabolic adaptation

F Chen, S Esmaili, GB Rogers, E Bugianesi, S Petta… - Hepatology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions This study demonstrates that E. multilocularis can induce T‐cell exhaustion
through inhibitory receptor TIGIT, and that blocking this checkpoint may reverse the …