New insights into activation and function of the AMPK

GR Steinberg, DG Hardie - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
The classical role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is as a cellular energy sensor
activated by falling energy status, signalled by increases in AMP to ATP and ADP to ATP …

AMPK and TOR: the yin and yang of cellular nutrient sensing and growth control

A González, MN Hall, SC Lin, DG Hardie - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
The AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and TOR (target-of-rapamycin) pathways are
interlinked, opposing signaling pathways involved in sensing availability of nutrients and …

AMPK: restoring metabolic homeostasis over space and time

E Trefts, RJ Shaw - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
The evolution of AMPK and its homologs enabled exquisite responsivity and control of
cellular energetic homeostasis. Recent work has been critical in establishing the …

The AMPK signalling pathway coordinates cell growth, autophagy and metabolism

MM Mihaylova, RJ Shaw - Nature cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
One of the central regulators of cellular and organismal metabolism in eukaryotes is AMP-
activated protein kinase (AMPK), which is activated when intracellular ATP production …

ERK and p38 MAPK-activated protein kinases: a family of protein kinases with diverse biological functions

PP Roux, J Blenis - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Conserved signaling pathways that activate the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs)
are involved in relaying extracellular stimulations to intracellular responses. The MAPKs …

AMP-activated protein kinase: ancient energy gauge provides clues to modern understanding of metabolism

BB Kahn, T Alquier, D Carling, DG Hardie - Cell metabolism, 2005 - cell.com
The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an evolutionarily conserved sensor of cellular
energy status, and recent data demonstrate that it also plays a critical role in systemic …

AMP-activated protein kinase—an energy sensor that regulates all aspects of cell function

DG Hardie - Genes & development, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a sensor of energy status that maintains cellular
energy homeostasis. It arose very early during eukaryotic evolution, and its ancestral role …

Metformin and reduced risk of cancer in diabetic patients

JMM Evans, LA Donnelly, AM Emslie-Smith, DR Alessi… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Metformin, widely given to patients with type 2 diabetes, works by targeting the enzyme
AMPK (AMP activated protein kinase), which induces muscles to take up glucose from the …

[HTML][HTML] A tissue-specific atlas of mouse protein phosphorylation and expression

EL Huttlin, MP Jedrychowski, JE Elias, T Goswami… - Cell, 2010 - cell.com
Although most tissues in an organism are genetically identical, the biochemistry of each is
optimized to fulfill its unique physiological roles, with important consequences for human …

The LKB1–AMPK pathway: metabolism and growth control in tumour suppression

DB Shackelford, RJ Shaw - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2009 - nature.com
In the past decade, studies of the human tumour suppressor LKB1 have uncovered a novel
signalling pathway that links cell metabolism to growth control and cell polarity. LKB1 …