Adipokines in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

SA Polyzos, J Kountouras, CS Mantzoros - Metabolism, 2016 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of adipose tissue as a higly active endocrine tissue, adipokines,
peptides produced by adipose tissue and exerting autocrine, paracrine and endocrine …

The role of apelin–APJ system in diabetes and obesity

C Li, H Cheng, BK Adhikari, S Wang, N Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, diabetes and obesity are two main health-threatening metabolic disorders in the
world, which increase the risk for many chronic diseases. Apelin, a peptide hormone, exerts …

Neuroprotective effect of Apelin 13 on ischemic stroke by activating AMPK/GSK-3β/Nrf2 signaling

J Duan, J Cui, Z Yang, C Guo, J Cao, M **… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Previous studies had showed that Apelin 13 could protect against apoptosis
induced by ischemic/reperfusion (I/R). However, the mechanisms whereby Apelin 13 …

Apelin and energy metabolism

C Bertrand, P Valet, I Castan-Laurell - Frontiers in physiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
A wide range of adipokines identified over the past years has allowed considering the white
adipose tissue as a secretory organ closely integrated into overall physiological and …

Elabela-apelin receptor signaling pathway is functional in mammalian systems

Z Wang, D Yu, M Wang, Q Wang, J Kouznetsova… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Elabela (ELA) or Toddler is a recently discovered hormone which is required for normal
development of heart and vasculature through activation of apelin receptor (APJ), a G …

Elucidating solution structures of cyclic peptides using molecular dynamics simulations

J Damjanovic, J Miao, H Huang, YS Lin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein–protein interactions are vital to biological processes, but the shape and size of their
interfaces make them hard to target using small molecules. Cyclic peptides have shown …

International union of basic and clinical pharmacology. CVII. Structure and pharmacology of the apelin receptor with a recommendation that elabela/toddler is a …

C Read, D Nyimanu, TL Williams, DJ Huggins… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The predicted protein encoded by the APJ gene discovered in 1993 was originally classified
as a class AG protein-coupled orphan receptor but was subsequently paired with a novel …

[HTML][HTML] CircRNAs: Pivotal modulators of TGF-β signalling in cancer pathogenesis

AA Bhat, G Gupta, R Dahiya, R Thapa, A Gahtori… - Non-coding RNA …, 2024 - Elsevier
The intricate molecular landscape of cancer pathogenesis continues to captivate
researchers worldwide, with Circular RNAs (circRNAs) emerging as pivotal players in the …

[HTML][HTML] Apelinergic system structure and function

K Shin, C Kenward, JK Rainey - Comprehensive Physiology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Apelin and apela (ELABELA/ELA/Toddler) are two peptide ligands for a class A G-protein-
coupled receptor named the apelin receptor (AR/APJ/APLNR). Ligand-AR interactions have …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the apelin pathway as a novel therapeutic approach for cardiovascular diseases

JC Zhong, ZZ Zhang, W Wang, SMK McKinnie… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
The apelin/apelin receptor system is widely distributed and has a dominant role in
cardiovascular homeostasis and disease. The apelin gene is X-linked and is synthesized as …