[HTML][HTML] PPARgamma in metabolism, immunity, and cancer: unified and diverse mechanisms of action

M Hernandez-Quiles, MF Broekema… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily,
is one of the most extensively studied ligand-inducible transcription factors. Since its …

Obesity I: Overview and molecular and biochemical mechanisms

RH Lustig, D Collier, C Kassotis, TA Roepke… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing condition characterized by excess body fat. Its prevalence
has increased globally since the 1970s, and the number of obese and overweight people is …

Functional partitioning of transcriptional regulators by patterned charge blocks

H Lyons, RT Veettil, P Pradhan, C Fornero… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Components of transcriptional machinery are selectively partitioned into specific
condensates, often mediated by protein disorder, yet we know little about how this specificity …

Transcriptional control of energy metabolism by nuclear receptors

C Scholtes, V Giguère - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Transcriptional regulation of catabolic pathways is a central mechanism by which cells
respond to physiological cues to generate the energy required for anabolic pathways …

Analysis of association between vitamin D deficiency and insulin resistance

I Szymczak-Pajor, A Śliwińska - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent evidence revealed extra skeleton activity of vitamin D, including prevention from
cardiometabolic diseases and cancer development as well as anti-inflammatory properties …

The selection and function of cell type-specific enhancers

S Heinz, CE Romanoski, C Benner… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
The human body contains several hundred cell types, all of which share the same genome.
In metazoans, much of the regulatory code that drives cell type-specific gene expression is …

Transcriptional and epigenomic regulation of adipogenesis

JE Lee, H Schmidt, B Lai, K Ge - Molecular and cellular biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding adipogenesis, the process of adipocyte development, may provide new ways
to treat obesity and related metabolic diseases. Adipogenesis is controlled by coordinated …

The action of vitamin D in adipose tissue: is there the link between vitamin D deficiency and adipose tissue-related metabolic disorders?

I Szymczak-Pajor, K Miazek, A Selmi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adipose tissue plays an important role in systemic metabolism via the secretion of
adipocytokines and storing and releasing energy. In obesity, adipose tissue becomes …

PPARγ and the global map of adipogenesis and beyond

MI Lefterova, AK Haakonsson, MA Lazar… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2014 - cell.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is a member of the nuclear receptor
(NR) superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors (TFs) and function as a master …

Forming functional fat: a growing understanding of adipocyte differentiation

AG Cristancho, MA Lazar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
Adipose tissue, which is primarily composed of adipocytes, is crucial for maintaining energy
and metabolic homeostasis. Adipogenesis is thought to occur in two stages: commitment of …