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

M Dambrova, M Makrecka-Kuka, J Kuka… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - ASPET
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 …

Role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Z Chen, R Tian, Z She, J Cai, H Li - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most common chronic liver
disease worldwide and is strongly associated with the presence of oxidative stress …

SGLT2 inhibitors mitigate kidney tubular metabolic and mTORC1 perturbations in youth-onset type 2 diabetes

JA Schaub, FM AlAkwaa, PJ McCown… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The molecular mechanisms of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors (SGLT2i)
remain incompletely understood. Single-cell RNA sequencing and morphometric data were …

The biochemistry and physiology of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation and its genetic disorders

SM Houten, S Violante, FV Ventura… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) is the major pathway for the degradation of fatty
acids and is essential for maintaining energy homeostasis in the human body. Fatty acids …

Disorders of mitochondrial long-chain fatty acid oxidation and the carnitine shuttle

SJG Knottnerus, JC Bleeker, RCI Wüst… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2018 - Springer
Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation is an essential pathway for energy production, especially
during prolonged fasting and sub-maximal exercise. Long-chain fatty acids are the most …

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] Metabolic interactions between peroxisomes and mitochondria with a special focus on acylcarnitine metabolism

SM Houten, RJA Wanders, P Ranea-Robles - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carnitine plays an essential role in mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation as a part of a cycle
that transfers long-chain fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane and involves two …

Electron transfer flavoprotein and its role in mitochondrial energy metabolism in health and disease

BJ Henriques, RKJ Olsen, CM Gomes, P Bross - Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) is an enzyme with orthologs from bacteria to humans.
Human ETF is nuclear encoded by two separate genes, ETFA and ETFB, respectively. After …

[HTML][HTML] Peroxisomes can oxidize medium-and long-chain fatty acids through a pathway involving ABCD3 and HSD17B4

S Violante, N Achetib, CWT van Roermund… - The FASEB …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Peroxisomes are essential organelles for the specialized oxidation of a wide variety of fatty
acids, but they are also able to degrade fatty acids that are typically handled by …

The enzymology of mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation and its application to follow-up analysis of positive neonatal screening results

RJA Wanders, JPN Ruiter, L IJlst, HR Waterham… - Journal of inherited …, 2010 - Springer
Oxidation of fatty acids in mitochondria is a key physiological process in higher eukaryotes
including humans. The importance of the mitochondrial beta-oxidation system in humans is …