Interplay between food and gut microbiota in health and disease

NB Danneskiold-Samsøe, HDFQ Barros… - Food research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerous microorganisms colonize the human gastrointestinal tract playing pivotal roles in
relation to digestion and absorption of dietary components. They biotransform food …

A novel perspective on the biology of bilirubin in health and disease

S Gazzin, L Vitek, J Watchko, SM Shapiro… - Trends in molecular …, 2016 - cell.com
Unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) is known to be one of the most potent endogenous antioxidant
substances. While hyperbilirubinemia has long been recognized as an ominous sign of liver …

High-fat diet-induced upregulation of exosomal phosphatidylcholine contributes to insulin resistance

A Kumar, K Sundaram, J Mu, GW Dryden… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
High-fat diet (HFD) decreases insulin sensitivity. How high-fat diet causes insulin resistance
is largely unknown. Here, we show that lean mice become insulin resistant after being …

Liver PPARα is crucial for whole-body fatty acid homeostasis and is protective against NAFLD

A Montagner, A Polizzi, E Fouché, S Ducheix, Y Lippi… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is a nuclear receptor
expressed in tissues with high oxidative activity that plays a central role in metabolism. In …

Total parenteral nutrition impairs glucose metabolism by modifying the gut microbiome

P Wang, H Sun, G Maitiabula, L Zhang, J Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) can lead to complications, such as glucose metabolism
disorders. While TPN is associated with impairments in intestinal function, the gut barrier …

Mechanisms of xenobiotic receptor activation: Direct vs. indirect

B Mackowiak, H Wang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2016 - Elsevier
The so-called xenobiotic receptors (XRs) have functionally evolved into cellular sensors for
both endogenous and exogenous stimuli by regulating the transcription of genes encoding …

FGF21 in obesity and cancer: New insights

W Lu, X Li, Y Luo - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
The endocrine FGF21 was discovered as a novel metabolic regulator in 2005 with new
functions bifurcating from the canonic heparin-binding FGFs that directly promote cell …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway: Role, regulation and intervention in atherosclerosis therapy

K Zhu, Q Meng, Z Zhang, T Yi… - Molecular …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor originally
isolated and characterized as the dioxin or xenobiotic receptor. With the discovery of …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor in liver inflammation

A Carambia, FA Schuran - Seminars in Immunopathology, 2021 - Springer
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ubiquitously expressed ligand-activated
transcription factor with multifaceted physiological functions. In the immune system, AHR has …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor in energy balance: the road from dioxin-induced wasting syndrome to combating obesity with ahr ligands

NG Girer, CR Tomlinson, CJ Elferink - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) has been studied for over 40 years, yet our
understanding of this ligand-activated transcription factor remains incomplete. Each year …