Signaling pathways in obesity: mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

X Wen, B Zhang, B Wu, H Xiao, Z Li, R Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Obesity is a complex, chronic disease and global public health challenge. Characterized by
excessive fat accumulation in the body, obesity sharply increases the risk of several …

Targeting protein modifications in metabolic diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies

X Wu, M Xu, M Geng, S Chen, PJ Little, S Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represents a major
public health burden worldwide. The most common form of NCD is metabolic diseases …

Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

Endocrine role of bone in the regulation of energy metabolism

R Zhou, Q Guo, Y Xiao, Q Guo, Y Huang, C Li, X Luo - Bone research, 2021 - nature.com
Abstracts Bone mainly functions as a supportive framework for the whole body and is the
major regulator of calcium homeostasis and hematopoietic function. Recently, an increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles regulate survival and function of pancreatic β cells

I Gesmundo, B Pardini, E Gargantini, G Gamba… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are implicated in the crosstalk between adipocytes and other
metabolic organs, and an altered biological cargo has been observed in EVs from human …

Adipogenesis of skeletal muscle fibro/adipogenic progenitors is affected by the WNT5a/GSK3/β-catenin axis

A Reggio, M Rosina, A Palma… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors (FAPs) are muscle-interstitial progenitors mediating
pro-myogenic signals that are critical for muscle homeostasis and regeneration. In …

Redox signaling and metabolism in Alzheimer's disease

MI Holubiec, M Gellert… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Reduction and oxidation reactions are essential for biochemical processes. They are part of
metabolic pathways and signal transduction. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) as second …

β-Cell maturation and identity in health and disease

C Salinno, P Cota, A Bastidas-Ponce… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The exponential increase of patients with diabetes mellitus urges for novel therapeutic
strategies to reduce the socioeconomic burden of this disease. The loss or dysfunction of …

Multi-omics profiling: the way toward precision medicine in metabolic diseases

C Hu, W Jia - Journal of molecular cell biology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD), and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are alarming health burdens around the …

Astragaloside IV acts through multi-scale mechanisms to effectively reduce diabetic nephropathy

E Wang, L Wang, R Ding, M Zhai, R Ge, P Zhou… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Diabetic nephropathy (DN), a common complication of diabetes mellitus, is the main cause
of end-stage nephropathy, and thus developing novel strategies for reversing DN remains …