The endocrine function of adipose tissues in health and cardiometabolic disease

L Scheja, J Heeren - Nature reviews endocrinology, 2019‏ - nature.com
In addition to their role in glucose and lipid metabolism, adipocytes respond differentially to
physiological cues or metabolic stress by releasing endocrine factors that regulate diverse …

Inter-organ cross-talk in metabolic syndrome

C Priest, P Tontonoz - Nature Metabolism, 2019‏ - nature.com
Maintenance of systemic homeostasis and the response to nutritional and environmental
challenges require the coordination of multiple organs and tissues. To respond to various …

Liver-heart cross-talk mediated by coagulation factor XI protects against heart failure

Y Cao, Y Wang, Z Zhou, C Pan, L Jiang, Z Zhou… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Tissue-tissue communication by endocrine factors is a vital mechanism for physiologic
homeostasis. A systems genetics analysis of transcriptomic and functional data from a cohort …

High-throughput spatiotemporal monitoring of single-cell secretions via plasmonic microwell arrays

S Ansaryan, YC Liu, X Li, AM Economou… - Nature biomedical …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Methods for the analysis of cell secretions at the single-cell level only provide
semiquantitative endpoint readouts. Here we describe a microwell array for the real-time …

Integration of feeding behavior by the liver circadian clock reveals network dependency of metabolic rhythms

CM Greco, KB Koronowski, JG Smith, J Shi… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
The mammalian circadian clock, expressed throughout the brain and body, controls daily
metabolic homeostasis. Clock function in peripheral tissues is required, but not sufficient, for …

A mechanistic framework for cardiometabolic and coronary artery diseases

S Koplev, M Seldin, K Sukhavasi, R Ermel… - Nature Cardiovascular …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Coronary atherosclerosis results from the delicate interplay of genetic and exogenous risk
factors, principally taking place in metabolic organs and the arterial wall. Here we show that …

Inter‐organ communication: a gatekeeper for metabolic health

J Castillo‐Armengol, L Fajas, IC López‐Mejía - EMBO reports, 2019‏ - embopress.org
Multidirectional interactions between metabolic organs in the periphery and the central
nervous system have evolved concomitantly with multicellular organisms to maintain whole …

Human plasma proteomic profiles indicative of cardiorespiratory fitness

JM Robbins, B Peterson, D Schranner, UA Tahir… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) is a direct measure of human cardiorespiratory fitness
and is associated with health. However, the molecular determinants of interindividual …

Genome-wide variation study and inter-tissue communication analysis unveil regulatory mechanisms of egg-laying performance in chickens

D Wang, L Tan, Y Zhi, L Bu, Y Wang, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Egg-laying performance is of great economic importance in poultry, but the underlying
genetic mechanisms are still elusive. In this work, we conduct a multi-omics and multi-tissue …

Dynamic tracking and identification of tissue-specific secretory proteins in the circulation of live mice

K Kim, I Park, J Kim, MG Kang, WG Choi, H Shin… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Secretory proteins are an essential component of interorgan communication networks that
regulate animal physiology. Current approaches for identifying secretory proteins from …