Acylcarnitines: nomenclature, biomarkers, therapeutic potential, drug targets, and clinical trials

M Dambrova, M Makrecka-Kuka, J Kuka… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acylcarnitines are fatty acid metabolites that play important roles in many cellular energy
metabolism pathways. They have historically been used as important diagnostic markers for …

Acylcarnitines: reflecting or inflicting insulin resistance?

MG Schooneman, FM Vaz, SM Houten, MR Soeters - Diabetes, 2013 - Am Diabetes Assoc
The incidence of obesity and insulin resistance is growing, and the increase in type 2
diabetes mel-litus (DM2) constitutes one of the biggest challenges for our healthcare …

Schisandrin B mitigates hepatic steatosis and promotes fatty acid oxidation by inducing autophagy through AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway

LS Yan, SF Zhang, G Luo, BCY Cheng, C Zhang… - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Schisandrin B (Sch B), which inhibits hepatic steatosis caused by non-
alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is one of the most active dibenzocyclooctadienes …

Integrative metabolomics‐genomics approach reveals key metabolic pathways and regulators of Alzheimer's disease

E Horgusluoglu, R Neff, WM Song… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolites, the biochemical products of the cellular process, can be used to measure
alterations in biochemical pathways related to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease …

A general introduction to the biochemistry of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation

SM Houten, RJA Wanders - Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2010 - Springer
Over the years, the mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) pathway has been
characterised at the biochemical level as well as the molecular biological level. FAO plays a …

[HTML][HTML] AdipoAtlas: A reference lipidome for human white adipose tissue

M Lange, G Angelidou, Z Ni, A Criscuolo, J Schiller… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Obesity, characterized by expansion and metabolic dysregulation of white adipose tissue
(WAT), has reached pandemic proportions and acts as a primer for a wide range of …

Ghrelin: structure and function

M Kojima, K Kangawa - Physiological reviews, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
Small synthetic molecules called growth hormone secretagogues (GHSs) stimulate the
release of growth hormone (GH) from the pituitary. They act through the GHS-R, a G protein …

Structure and function of biotin-dependent carboxylases

L Tong - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2013 - Springer
Biotin-dependent carboxylases include acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), propionyl-CoA
carboxylase (PCC), 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCC), geranyl-CoA carboxylase …

Novel biomarkers for prediabetes, diabetes, and associated complications

B Dorcely, K Katz, R Jagannathan… - … syndrome and obesity …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The number of individuals with prediabetes is expected to grow substantially and estimated
to globally affect 482 million people by 2040. Therefore, effective methods for diagnosing …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in schizophrenia: evidence for compromised brain metabolism and oxidative stress

S Prabakaran, JE Swatton, MM Ryan, SJ Huffaker… - Molecular …, 2004 - nature.com
The etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia remain unknown. A parallel
transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics approach was employed on human brain …